Jonathan Freedland's latest pacy thriller as Sam Bourne connects a number of leftwing intellectuals to a real-life scandal that brought shame upon YaleOne autumn afternoon in the mid-60s, Ron Rosenbaum, a recently arrived freshman at Yale, was summoned to the university's Payne Whitney gym and instructed by a group of men in crisp white coats to strip off. They then attached large metal plates to his spine, placed him against a wall and took a series of photographs. He was told this "posture photo" was a routine part of the freshman induction process, intended to identify students whose weak posture needed remedial work.Rosenbaum was not alone. For at least three decades, this procedure was standard practice at most Ivy League ...