Jeff Harrell of The Shape of Days attended last night's Celebrity Death Match Struggle between David Horowitz and Ward "Little Eichmanns" Churchill, where Chutch was heard to utter, "There is no truth". Jeff begs to differ:

If Ward Churchill were charged with a crime and spouted that “There is no truth” stuff in front of a judge, he’d be found incompetent to stand trial. The guy is nuts.

Either that, or he actually knows better and he’s just talking to hear himself talk. Which is fine if he wants to do it on the radio or a talk show or on a blog. But in front of a room full of impressionable kids? That’s reckless endangerment of a minor, man.

There is objective truth and that truth is this: The best way to debate Ward Churchill is to give him a microphone and let him go.

Random observation: you could ski off of Churchill’s chin. He’s a very handsome guy, in a 60’s-counterculture sort of way. I’m sure he got a lot of co-eds in his younger days. Horowitz, on the other hand, looks like a bearded Larry David (from Curb Your Enthusiasm). He’s funny, he’s not throwing bombs. He just makes the point that academics exist in a vacuum, and “in a democracy, academic freedom is important because the purpose of education is to open minds, not to indoctrinate them”. It’s about “how to think, not what to think”, which I absolutely agree with.

Churchill says he went to Elmwood Grade School in central Illinois! Quick blogosphere… someone find his report card! Churchill also just said he got a two weeks detention for voting socialist in a mock election. Okay, now I think we really DO need to find his report card.

“Ward seems to be very inquisitive, but he keeps poking Mary Sue with his ginormous chin and making her cry. Also, he voted socialist. I think you should send him to Red China. Sincerely, Mrs. Beasley”

8:40 p.m.- I am now reminded why I hated college. This, at least for now, is not a debate. It’s a lecture. And I hate being lectured to.

Maybe Jim Geraghty’s right. Maybe we’re all just so lowbrow now that I’m waiting for, hoping for the train wreck to occur. Someone throw a chair at Ward Churchill! Someone throw a tomato at David Horowitz! Food Fight!!!!

Update: Horowitz and Churchill appeared afterwards on Hannity & Colmes; Expose The Left has a video clip.

Another Update: Cam Edwards wrote about that Horowitz "looks like a bearded Larry David". Gregg Hanke provides the "Separated At Birth" for David's debating partner. Hey, hey; my, my!