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David Vanness: An ongoing attack on the University of Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin System is under an attack more subtle but perhaps just as dangerous as when “Tailgunner Joe” McCarthy declared it to be a “nest of communist traitors.” Unfortunately, the UW System and UW Foundation leadership response to this attack has been a clumsy campaign alternating between denial and a perplexing “trust us” mentality.’ (By David Vanness, associate professor of population health sciences.)