Welcome to the Ivory Tower of Babel: Confessions of a Conservative College Professor

Remember the ivory tower of Babel in the Old Testament? College campuses are more biblical than liberals think.

As Mike S. Adams explains in his new book Welcome to the Ivory Tower of Babel: Confessions of a Conservative College Professor, most college campuses are in a state of turmoil, not unlike that of the story in Genesis.

Adams was an atheist and a Democrat when he started teaching criminal justice at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington in 1993. However, when he renounced those stands and became a Christian and a Republican in the late 1990s, he also began taking a stand against the lack of diversity and equal treatment of all men and women at his university.

Adams first uses a batch of letters he penned to university leaders and students to illustrate the irony of diversity and affirmative action at UNC. He then offers column-formatted prose to explain and challenge the move toward a politically correct and non-Christian campus environment. Hardcore feminism and "Queer Studies" are examples he cites that are flourishing on campus, while schools risk losing funding unless they downplay connections to Christ, Christianity and faith.

The final part of Adams' book is dedicated to explaining the controversy that brought him and the university into the news in 2001 and 2002 ? his challenge that free speech has its consequences and that all Americans - conservative and liberal alike -have the right to express their opinions.

While Adams touches on many hot topics, including abortion, racism, and Christianity, the book's primary thesis is one of encouragement. "Conservative students can succeed on college campuses," he argues, "just as can their liberal counterparts." He urges college administrators to treat all students with fairness and dignity, regardless of political or religious views.