In a message dated 4/25/2005 3:40:11 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, berger@netstream.net writes: I think the other person's comment that "over 90% of academia has a leftist agenda" is not only inaccurate but gratuitous and off the point. The political stance of American Indian Movement organization (AIM), whatever that might be, is also irrelevant to this discussion. Let's not inject the acid right-wing political agenda here either on a matter on which we should be able to find friendly common ground on as genealogists and/or historians. Pam B. Pam, I take exception to this. You and I have never met. We do not know each other. As Franklin observed "The sting of an argument is in it's truth". I guess you feel stung, hmmm? It is telling that you characterize my comments as "Acid right wing political agenda" Please!- guess who is name calling now?? Examining your polemic I wonder if you are in academia. Whether you are or not, it's clear to see your political agenda. That the staff of higher education is left to hard left is a simple statement of fact. I can find the sources but the political stance on nearly every major university is left. That's not opinion, its fact, and the political lens through which the staff teaches. Let's also remember that "Political Correctness" is a political term. It is a political LEFT WING term, It is in fact Marxists. It needs to be fought and defeated at every turn. PC is in every way the antithesis of our basic freedom of speech and our way of life. As for AIM, my comments are entirely appropriate, though they may be uncomfortable for some. We were after all talking about INDIAN artifacts, not Egyptian, not Indonesian, not Japanese. The question originated around personal property and the identification and potential evaluation of this property. While you may feel the museums have some inherent right to art, artifacts held privately, they do not. It's called "Personal Property" for a reason.