December 10, 2004

"WHY ACADEMIA Shuns Republicans" -- because they're idiots, of course. Got to love the LA Times.

And why do LA Times readers continue to cancel their subscriptions by the tens of thousands month after month? Because the paper continues to treats its readers like idiots. Sorry, we're not buying it.

UPDATE: Juan Non-Volokh reacts -- and reports this from behind enemy lines:

When I was an undergrad at Yale, I learned from a very liberal professor that one of his colleagues was systematicly black-balling right-leaning grad student applicants in their department. I have also heard law professors express opposition to job candidates because they clerked for the "wrong" Supreme Court Justice and suggest that job candidates cannot be intelligent if they hold certain conservative views. I have personal experience with this sort of thing too. When I was on the job market, I was explicitly told by individuals at several schools that I would not be interviewed because of opposition to my politics on their hiring committees.
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