FOR ONE, FAMILIARITY BREEDS CAMARADERIE INTERACTING WITH THE RIGHT-LEANING WORLD MUCH MORE EXCITING FOR LIBERAL PROFESSOR.(Opinion/Commentary/Editorial)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: September 18, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Patricia Nelson Limerick

For close to a quarter century, I was an archetypal academic liberal. All of my friends were Democrats. I did my thinking and writing in a community of the politically like-minded.

I begin with this admission because it adds drama to the twist that this confession is about to take. If Gov. Bill Owens, Sen. John Andrews or any of the others who think all professors are intolerant of conservative opinion happen to be reading this...

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