A reader writes:
Like other commenters, I came from modest circumstances but now live very differently. My town is affluent. My husband and I are white collar professionals, as are most parents.
I think globalization has certainly hurt the poor white communities Kevin Williamson writes about. But it’s also fraying my “elite” community, although in a much different and far less dire sense.
Siberia (the non-academic version). Image via Shutterstock.
“Forget what the Right says,” the headline instructs me: things aren’t so bad for conservatives in the academy. Jon A. Shields and Joshua M. Dunn, Sr. write,
Submitted by Robert Gehl via DownTrend.com,
An Illinois college has reversed its position and will allow students to pass out copies of the U.S Constitution on campus.
It’s a good move, since the Alliance Defending Freedom threatened to sue them if they didn’t.
Under the old policies, students were threatened with arrest if they passed out the founding documents on the campus of the College of DuPage.
You might remember this e-mail I published from an anonymous person who had just been hired as a staffer (not faculty) at a small liberal arts Christian college. The person, an orthodox Christian, wrote at the time:
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
When it comes to raking in questionable dough via the abuse of political power, the Clintons are in a league all to themselves. In fact, their shamelessness is so rampant and sloppy, the only explanation is they simply thought no one would ever dare hold them to account.
Here’s the latest example, from Raw Story: