Last week, The New York Times published the sad story of an imprisoned woman who rehabilitated herself to become a great historian and author. According to the Times, this woman, Michelle Jones, became “a published scholar of American history while behind bars, and presented her work by videoconference to historians’ conclaves and the Indiana General Assembly. … Ms. Jones also wrote several dance compositions and historical plays, one of which is slated to open at an Indianapolis theater in December.”
After two decades in prison, Jones was released and selected as a potential candidate for a history doctorate at Harvard. But sadly, the intolerant administrators at Harvard overturned her candidacy. Why? Because she allegedly “played down her crime” in her application. It wasn’t Harvard’s fault, mind you — it was the fault of benighted conservatives, the Times reports:
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