Source: I Blog to Differ
by David R Henderson
“When I taught at the University of Rochester from 1975 to 1979 and Santa Clara University from 1980 to 1981, I didn’t tell students my political beliefs. Here was the problem: I don’t have a poker face. So, for example, when I taught about the effects of rent controls on the quantity and quality of housing, I was probably showing with facial expressions that I thought rent controls were a bad idea. In a way, it seemed phony. Don’t tell your students your views explicitly. But tell them with your facial expressions and body language. I remember struggling with this very early in my teaching career at Rochester and discussing it with seasoned history professor Ralph Raico at Buffalo State. He pointed out that it would be strange to study a discipline carefully for years and not reach conclusions and so, according to him, there was nothing wrong with stating my views explicitly.” (11/05/25)
https://davidrhenderson.substack.com/p/why-i-revealed-my-political-beliefs