I'm back. I had a successful trip to Ithaca College and Tulane University. At Ithaca, a professor heckled me throughout the question and answer period. Ironically, this was his way of objecting to my speech on the lack of intellectual diversity and tolerance on college campuses. The Tulane College Republicans sponsored me as part of its "Conservative Awareness Week," which curiously was mirrored by liberal events paid for by the school throughout the week. A Black Panther activist, for instance, spoke the evening of my talk, and Tulane hosted Molly Ivins earlier in the week.

Tulane is one of the prettier campuses in the South. It is located in the best neighborhood of any campus I have been to, and I've spoken at about 100 schools. An earlier visit to New Orleans prompted me to view it as one of the filthiest, most crime-ridden, disgusting cities in the United States. I've done a 180. The garden district and uptown New Orleans feature some of the prettiest homes and most beautiful architecture in America. There is more to New Orleans than the French Quarter.