THE RISE OF CONSERVATIVE THINK TANKS
AND THE MARGINALIZING OF ACADEMIA

Leah, member of the new Team Eschaton, helping out the vacationing uber blogger, Atrios, while he's in Europe, makes a fantastic post meditating on the gradual decline of university influence on American politics and culture, and the how the now pervasive influence of right-wing think tanks helped to cause that decline in the first place. This is a pretty informative essay, probably the best thing posted on Eschaton since Atrios slowed down his input.

You should read it. Click here.

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