January 13, 2006

'Obvious' Biases in Academe

To the Editor:

"Higher Education: the Movie" (The Chronicle, November 18), about Evan Coyne Maloney's Brainwashing 201: The Second Semester — a film about liberal bias on college campuses — states that Mr. Maloney is "a libertarian who supports minimal government intervention in the economy and a strong defense." He fails to see that this in fact explains why conservatives are less likely to be teaching on college campuses. Since he cannot see the obvious, let me