> Are right-wing books really doing well? Evidence?
Bestseller lists.
> At 12:23 PM -0500 2/19/03, Chuck0 wrote:
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>> One new theory that I'm mulling over is that too many talented left
>> writers are ensconced in academia and are wasting their time turning
>> out unreadable postmodernist crap.
>
>
> Many in the humanities are liberal, but there are few left-wingers of
> any kind in academia. In any case, few writers of any political
> persuasion can make a living just by writing. Teaching (at any level)
> is one of the common day jobs that writers often need.
I understand that, but why aren't more left academics turning out books that normal people can buy at the bookstore? And why are so many smart left academics allowed to publish such unintelligible bullshit? I was trying to read that article in Left Curve and finally threw my hands up. And I have a Master's degree, mind you. ;-)
Chuck0
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