[Mind-numbed Robot]

A rather scathing review. If the reviewer doesn't think the man is not actually a Ph.d why doesn't he just say so and prove it. As it is he just sounds jealous.

I also think he is wrong about secession but I am too lazy to look it up at the moment. His whole take on the Civil War is wrong, IMO. He also tries to use that and the author's southern connections to discredit him.

The reviewer claims to be interested in protecting conservatives but his catty insinuations make him sound like a liberal.

[SAJ]

No part of the Constitution prohibits the secession of a state from the Union.

Therefore, the 10th Amendment applies, to wit:

'' The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. ''

[Verginius Rufus]

I don't think the reviewer is doubting that the author has a Ph.D., just noticing the way he parades the fact. A whole lot of folks have Ph.D.'s who don't call attention to them, including some FReepers.

[LS]

Actually, the same issue gave us a pretty glowing review. CRB is a fine conservative journal. They just don't like secessionists.

[steve-b]

If the reviewer doesn't think the man is not actually a Ph.d why doesn't he just say so and prove it.

Puh-leeze. Plenty of people on FR refer sneeringly to the academic credentials of clowns like "Doctor" Ward Churchill. That doesn't mean that we harbor any delusions that the credentials are not technically in order -- just meaningless as an indication of intellectual credibility.