David Horowitz is campaigning on the subject of the huge bias against conservatives on college faculties.

Here is one professor's response on the subject:

Monday, September 23, 2002



Voting IQs

Regarding John Leo's Sept. 17 Op-ed article "Faculties in need of balance":

So John Leo and the (oh so diverse!) American Enterprise Institute think there is insufficient diversity of political affiliation among university faculty. Their poll numbers show that Republicans are a small minority of the professoriate. True, and rightly so. In seeking faculty, universities look for people who can analyze and discuss matters of some complexity, who are unafraid to challenge the wisdom of simple solutions, and who have a sense of social responsibility toward those who cannot buy influence. Such people tend to be put off by a political party dominated by those who believe dogmatically in the infallibility of the marketplace as a solution to all economic problems, or else in the infallibility of scripture as a guide to morality.

In short, universities want people of some depth, subtlety and intelligence. People like that usually vote for the Democrats. So what?

Lawrence Evans (lee@phy.duke.edu)
Durham

The writer is professor emeritus of physics at Duke University.



Boy, does this load of elitist crap sound familiar.

"Unafraid to challenge the wisdom of simple solutions?" This from a group that thinks Marxism is the way to run a country, despite the overwhelming evidence of history glaring into their faces? Does this sound like people with intelligence?

As far as depth and subtlety goes, I think the letter speaks for itself