Free Republic

Public intellectuals now claim intelligence is higher in the blue states than in the red states. To some extent they have empirical evidence since Democrats overwhelmingly win two educational groups—those with postgraduate degrees and high school drop outs. Seemingly the public intellectuals focus on the first rather than the latter, but it does raise the question what does distinguish the red “stater” from the blue “stater?” Attorney David Lebedoff answers this question in The Uncivil War: How a New Elite Is Destroying Our Democracy. Lebedoff believes the divide is between those who believe in rule by the “New Elite” (liberals)...