Only Democrats and Dictators Fear Elections.

That’s a line from James Hudnall, from a post no longer available on the web. It stuck with me, and I’ve quoted it a couple of times here. It seems once again pertinent.

OpinionJournal carries a piece today on the efforts of T.J. Rogers, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and Dartmouth alum who got himself elected to the board of trustees at Dartmouth in an attempt to effect some positive change.

Things have not gone well. The powers-that-be in the board of trustees are not at all happy to have their power challenged by diversity of thought.

Here’s the quote of the day from that piece:

This is not a conservative-liberal conflict. This is a libertarian-totalitarian conflict.

Please read the whole piece.

This is just one more facet in something that’s been stirring in the back of my mind for a while, waiting to become another essay.

(h/t: Instapundit.)