Sorry, but it’s a rare day-off here at The Carpetbagger Report. I’ll be back Monday with plenty of long-winded tirades for your reading pleasure.
Check back tomorrow, by the way, for a great guest post from the now-infamous Morbo.
But before I go, I’d like to recommend the one must-read item of the day, which comes by way of Jonathan Chait in the LA Times.
A few weeks ago, a pair of studies found that Democrats vastly outnumbered Republicans among professors at leading universities. Conservatives gleefully seized upon this to once again flagellate academia for its liberal bias.
Am I the only person who fails to understand why conservatives see this finding as vindication? After all, these studies show that some of the best-educated, most-informed people in the country overwhelmingly reject the GOP. Why is this seen as an indictment of academia, rather than as an indictment of the Republican Party?
I’ve often wondered the same thing myself. Go read the column; you’ll be glad you did.
Have a good weekend.