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Blog of Adam Daifallah -- author, journalist, law student. Lover of politics, writing, golf, curling, fitness, fashion, bacon and maple products -- not necessarily (but probably) in that order. Partisan of the Anglosphere. Contact me via email at adam@daifallah.com. This summer I am joined by Keir Wilmut and Omar Soliman.
Thursday, February 03, 2005
Riposte
Thanks for some great comments on the below post. Responses to a few:
1. Peter: I agree that little good comes from a panel of historians discussing elections, but no good would come from a panel of political scientists discussing an election either. At least Troy is an expert on politics and political history, as well as a keen observer of current affairs. Actually, the only panel on the election that would probably do any "good" would be if the campaign managers themselves -- or others involved in real politics -- sat down to rehash their performances.
2. Stephanie: I'm with you. There's no question evangelical voters played a huge role in the Bush win. What Professor Moore tried to do was claim, in a roundabout way, that "the evangelicals elected Bush," as if the only people who voted for him were fundamentalist Christians from the south. I don't have the exact quote, but that was my reading of what he was saying.
3. Graeme: Actually, yes, I'm advocating that more conservatives go into academia. I see no other solution to the problem. In an ideal world, everyone would teach (in your words) in an objective and fact-oriented way. But that is not going to happen. Professors (and teachers) have been injecting their views into the classroom since time immemorial. It's part of human nature. So in order to inject some semblance of balance into the system, we should hope more people from the Right choose an academic career path. (I doubt they will, but we should hope they do.) Are there conservative-minded professors? Of course. To name a few: Chris Manfredi, John Furedy, Michael Bliss, a good number of economics professors and nearly all the political science department at the University of Calgary. But they are far outnumbered by the other side. And for the record, I didn't and wouldn't claim that "conservatives have a monopoly on objectivity."
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 7:35 PM
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