Barone writes accurately, and indisputably, that
America’s colleges and universities have become, and have been for some decades, the most closed-minded and intellectually dishonest institutions in our society. (more . . .)
Add to the above this further note supplied by John J. Miller:
The Chronicle summarizes a new report on professors and politics:
Conservatives are a small minority within the American professoriate, according to a major study whose results were released on Saturday. The study — which is arguably the best-designed survey of American faculty beliefs since the early 1970s — found that only 9.2 percent of college instructors are conservatives, and that only 20.4 percent voted for George W. Bush in 2004. (more . . .)