November 5, 2004

Conservatives' Struggle With Liberalism on the Campus

To the Editor:

I find it acutely ironic that after decades of attack by the right against colleges and universities -- including Joseph McCarthy's singling out of professors, Ronald Reagan's efforts as governor and president to cut funds for public universities, and the targeting of English departments in the so-called culture wars -- anyone should wonder why students and scholars frequently have a hard time identifying with the right ("Conservatives in a Liberal

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