"Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?"
That is the question posed by Chilton Williamson Jr. in an article in the latest edition of The American Conservative. The article promises to explain how "[p]ragmatism and partisanship combine to stifle the spirit of independent thinking in America." The article is not on-line, nor will it be, so I'll have to wait for my print edition to arrive from across the Pacific.
As far as pragmatism goes, I wish I had a dime for every time an idea from outisde either wing of the Republicrat Party was dismissed merely for not being "pragmatic."
As an illustration of the "stifl[ing of] the spirit of independent thinking in America" noted above, an article on the "the smear campaign against scholars who question U.S. policy toward Israel" also appears in the magazine, and is on-line: Prophets in Their Own Land: How to go from respected academic to anti-Semite-in one simple step.
That is the question posed by Chilton Williamson Jr. in an article in the latest edition of The American Conservative. The article promises to explain how "[p]ragmatism and partisanship combine to stifle the spirit of independent thinking in America." The article is not on-line, nor will it be, so I'll have to wait for my print edition to arrive from across the Pacific.
As far as pragmatism goes, I wish I had a dime for every time an idea from outisde either wing of the Republicrat Party was dismissed merely for not being "pragmatic."
As an illustration of the "stifl[ing of] the spirit of independent thinking in America" noted above, an article on the "the smear campaign against scholars who question U.S. policy toward Israel" also appears in the magazine, and is on-line: Prophets in Their Own Land: How to go from respected academic to anti-Semite-in one simple step.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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