Review Session
It’s a good thing we have the Michigan Review to stand against the sordid “obsession with sex” and “moral absence” that, they argue, so often defines college life.
It’s a good thing we have the Michigan Review to stand against the sordid “obsession with sex” and “moral absence” that, they argue, so often defines college life.
PJ O’Rourke, he ain’t.
posted by OFW insurgent on December 13th, 2004 at 7:49 pmthe latest installment of Tom Tomorrow pegs these guys perfectly.
posted by OFW insurgent on December 13th, 2004 at 7:52 pmHOw many conservatives would accept what a Professor typically makes? Of course he didn’t bring up that point from the Will column.
posted by Kozzie on December 13th, 2004 at 10:26 pmUm… is the “Review” supported by an activities fund or something? I mean, from my admittedly non-student vantage point, the “Daily”’s bad enough, but this… ayyyy.
And, honestly… “the wanting lass?” There was surely a better way to put that. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that college conservatives attempt to write in an eighteenth-century mode, as the first half of 1789 was presumably the last decent time they can imagine. I wonder if the stout lads at the MR are gathered around the fireplace sipping sherry and desperately hoping “Room 6″ will become part of the present youth culture. Maybe that’s their strategy–infiltrate today’s godless, Satanic youth culture with their own inventions, wait for the right moment, and then spring from below, redeeming humanity with abortion bans and poll taxes. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
I can’t say I’m not glad, though, that he’s no P.J. O’Rourke. One of those is already too much.
posted by Lazaro on December 14th, 2004 at 7:19 amFrom the ages of around 6-25, political beliefs are as affected by environment (how conservative your parents are, how conservative your peers and professors are) as by personality variables (e.g., authoritarianism, comfort with ambiguity, mental flexbility, etc.). After the age of around 25-30, peoples’ political beliefs shift for a final time. After that, they are basically stable and almost entirely predicted by personality variables — not much at all by environment.
So, why do professors tend to be liberal? You see more of the personality traits that predict liberalness in academia, not because there is a liberal bias, but because those qualities tend to make for successful researchers and teachers.
posted by Anna on December 14th, 2004 at 9:28 amPoll taxes, no. Abortion bans, the sooner the better.
posted by Anonymous on December 14th, 2004 at 9:30 am*Sigh* This makes me nostalgic. Back when I was editor-in-chief of the Review, moral absence and obsession with sex were okay with us. Indeed, some might argue, they may have *defined* some of us.
posted by Geoff Brown on December 14th, 2004 at 10:35 amThey’ve been reading too much Tom Wolfe.
posted by Anonymous on December 14th, 2004 at 7:07 pmToo bad there’s no comments section on their website.
posted by Alex(andra) on December 16th, 2004 at 8:37 pm