Liberals in the classroom | Letters – The Courier-Journal

CJ Letters Published 3:09 p.m. ET March 9, 2017 | Updated 12 hours ago

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Regarding liberal bias in academia, Dr. Jones says, Admittedly, there are probably more liberal and progressive thinkers in the professorate than not. He then tells us that the more educated you are, the more liberal you are, on average. Then he says that he is in the less than 1.7 percent of the population that has a Ph.D., that he is educated, smart and a thinker. The only thing missing is but best of all, Im not conceited!

So, education yields progressives, which yields thinkers. Ergo, conservatives are not thinkers. Since he thinks his job is to teach his students to think, the only way they can demonstrate proficiency is to become more liberal. Therefore, professors arent biased; theyre just trying to get those dumb conservatives to think.

Paul Stine

Louisville 40204

It is coincidental that on the sameday I read Professor Ricky Jones' columntouting the intellectual superiority of liberal college professors I also read an article in the conservative magazineThe Weekly Standardon the death of conservative intellectual Michael Novak by Joseph Bottum, who writes, "If you can't picturea worldwithout widely read outlets for intellectual conservatism --a worldin which socialism and secularization were the unquestioned air thatallAmerican thinkers were assumed to breathe -- you should offer a prayer for the life of a man named Michael Novak."

Personally, I suspect thatJones has spent much of his life and time hobnobbing with professors of like-minded ideology and that his question of "why do well-educated people tend not to self-identify as conservative" suggests he is likely oblivious to the intellectual conservatism that abounds outside the confines of college campuses. Most liberals believe they should be in control of our culture, our society, and our nation for the simple reason they believe themselves smarter than the rest of us. Professor Jones need not worry about being considered "dangerous." He is so only to those who are actually convinced of his superior ability tothink.

James A. Ritz

Salem, Indiana 47167

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