At a local university, two feuding departments have faced off on the battleground of science and medicine. But highly educated people of sound mind and good intentions can reasonably disagree, right? Then a renowned and confrontational scholar winds up dead, and Virgil Flowers is brought in to investigate. As Virgil probes the recent ideological unrest, he quickly realizes he's dealing with people who, on this one particular issue, are functionally...

"Been to college lately? Here it is in all its glory, from the trigger warnings and the bias response teams, to the hookups and the hashtags, served with plenty of kombucha and seasonally correct vegan stew. Johnston's debut skewers life at Devon University in Havenport -- a body double for Yale -- from the buildings and clubs on campus to the white clam pizza in New Haven, including a nod to the 2015 Halloween-costume dust-up. Our hero is Ephraim...

"'Political correctness' has taken politeness and turned it into a weapon of censorship and intimidation. In the workplace, on social media, and even at the dinner table, Americans are confronted daily with a laundry list of words they're 'not allowed' to say--and that list is updated constantly and without warning. How did so absurd a concept become so dangerous--and come to dominate our public discourse over the last quarter-century? [This book]...traces...

"In order to glimpse America's future, one needs to look no further than its college campuses. Of those institutions, none holds more clout than Yale University. Yet the school has become a full-fledged moral battleground where: A porn star gives a topless S&M demonstration in a classroom A student had received approval for an art project she said included tissue from repeated self-induced miscarriages The infamous Sex Week is held every two years...