Posted on 05/30/2006 2:47:08 PM PDT by jexus
The collapse of reason By Cathy Young | May 29, 2006 AT A TIME when conservatives dominate all three branches of government and hold an increasingly large share of the Fourth Estate, the academy remains the last liberal stronghold. You would think, then, that liberal intellectuals would offer some thoughtful and productive critiques of conservative policies. But instead, argues one leading liberal intellectual, the academic left is making itself irrelevant by embracing ideological extremism and trying to purge its ranks of those who are not politically correct.
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Large share of the Fourth Estate? Yeah, right.
Cathy is often on target, but this time out she has produced a largely incoherent piece that is so far off of the mark, in so many directions, that it's hard to know where to begin... So I won't waste any more keystrokes...
anyone got a login and pw to read this?
thanks
The left always does this to themseves. Purging of the Party is an old trick of the Commies. Think USSR. And thank God their ideology is always in the end nilistic even to themselves.
I assume the columnist is not in favor of one party dominating the government institutions of the country. I wonder if she finds it equally offensive that the Democrat Party similarly dominates the States of California, Massachusetts, New York, Illinois and probably several others. May we assume she is also against the latest trend among liberals, namely agitating to abolish the Electoral College? Not that doing such a thing would in any way lead to total Democrat domination of the country a la California, by allowing five or six major metropolitan areas to dictate the national election. I suspect her outrage is too selective.
Hummmmm, as I recall the Pilgrams didn't come here to study Locke and Hume free from Government intrusion.
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