In the days following the election, Schill had reportedly been poring over academic histories of the McCarthy era and the Red Scare, believing that President Trump might conduct an anti-Communist-style siege of elite universities. According to a source at the meeting, Schill, a lawyer by training, tried to maintain a reasonable demeanor. But all hell broke loose when he turned the microphone over to the faculty.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.