Talk:Raymond Tanter
more info on Tanter's departure...
From UM faculty member (19 Sept 2006) >> Paul, nice effort on Tanter (and generally). I never said that Singer fired Tanter. I doubt he was chair of the dept when T left. What I said was, that Singer, as a young faculty member, helped recruit Tanter to UM, and later decided it was "the biggest disaster of my career" (informally, to me) If you want more, you should ask yourself. Singer would probably approve of your web site and might help. <<
Currently, I have written to Prof. Singer to obtain further commentary... I hope to have some input on this later in the week.
OK.
I am removing the para until we get some sources for the allegations. It is below --David 17:03, 19 Sep 2006 (BST)
Exit from the University of Michigan
Tanter was also a professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, for many years which for some reason is omitted from his official IPC biography. At the University of Michigan he was renowned for his pro-Israeli stance, and teaching history/politics of the Middle East with a strong zionist perspective. He frequently appeared as a featured speaker at events hosted by the Jewish National Fund (JNF). In 1989, Tanter also spearheaded attempts to expunge student journalists who were critical of Israel and US foreign policy from the student newspaper, the Michigan Daily. His departure from the university seems to have been due to a disagreement with the head of the Political Science department and his departure seems to have been under less-than cordial conditions.
why remove the whole paragraph?
Hi Why did you remove the whole paragraph? I can attest to the veracity to the first section of the paragraph... about Tanter pursuing student journalists... well, I was one of the objects of that. About his UM chapter not appearing in the IPC bio: can be easily verified from the bio. About the reasons for his departure: certain. I just need to get a confirmation from someone.
About making the discussion pages public: stupid. these should be only visible to those who are editors.
Paulo 17:31, 19 Sep 2006 (BST)
