This makes no sense to me. Censorship is always bad, but the arbitrary implementation makes it even worse.

My colleague Dr. Amir Jaima and I both teach “core” classes. The alleged difference is that the “context” is different—censoring Plato is apparently appropriate in some philosophy courses but not in others.

I recently found out that a colleague is permitted to teach the text that I have been told is banned.

A month ago Texas A&M told me that I am not allowed to teach Plato in my philosophy course: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...