Why, YOU are, of course. With the help of Gov. Deval Patrick.
About half of these are direct taxpayer funded organizations, like the University Archives, UMass, the Department of History, etc. And does anyone think UFF founder Raymond Luc Levasseur is buying his own bus ticket or working for free? No way.
Check out the flier in which the sponsors mention his bombing activity right up front. They know exactly what he did and who he hurt and who his group killed.
But this being Massachusetts, they invited him anyway.
"The truth is something [Warren] probably prefers not to confront. Harvard doesn’t come calling just because you’re a smart lawyer and a terrific teacher — not with Warren’s modest, Oklahoma upbringing and non-Ivy League education. She is not your typical Harvard professor. At a certain point, when the law school was under pressure to promote diversity, she represented a three-fer: a great lawyer with a national profile, a woman, and a minority, at least by virtue of family lore. "
-- Joan Vennochi
