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Wednesday, February 18, 2004

The left claims dominion over the very air you breathe

In response to conservatives’ recent calls for expos?©s of liberal bias in academe, one reader writes in to say,

“Thanks for the enlightening article on the campus domination of the left.

“As a student in the PhD program in Atmospheric Science, it is required that none of my research support any right-wing causes. If my results do not support anti-business/pro-environment causes, they are rejected out of hand. Because of the domination of the left in our program, I was unable to proceed with my research that showed the ozone hole never existed and that global warming is a myth created by wacko liberals whose sole goal is to bring down big business, simply because of their hate for capitalism.

“I hope someday to do science and let the results speak for themselves and not be influenced by political motivation. Maybe a little too idealistic?”

Wow!  Who knew that the left’s influence extended so far across the campus?  I mean, I was aware that the left had the arts and humanities locked up, but I’m stunned to find that atmospheric science is in their hip pockets (so to speak!) as well.

I’d love to hear from civil engineers and low-temperature physicists who can testify to the left’s long march through the institutions, too.  Don’t be shy!  If pervasive leftist bias is preventing you from developing flexible new materials for highway construction or underfunding your work with liquid helium, let me know.  I’m here for you.

(Oh, all right, I’ll break the frame.  The reader in question actually wrote not to me but to Edward Feser, whose work I mention below.  Proving once again that the American right is a No-Irony Zone, the good Professor Feser took the letter at face value-- and will no doubt file it among his horror stories.)

Posted by Michael on 02/18 at 08:28 AM
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