Left-Leaning Contributions Are the Norm

It came as no big surprise, but a recent analysis of Federal Election Commission reports conducted by the Durham Herald-Sun revealed that only one UNC-CH employee had given money to President Bush or Richard Burr, while dozens had made gifts to John Kerry or Erskine Bowles. At Duke, the profile was similar. Reportedly, about 100 Duke employees donated to Kerry and just seven gave to Bush. Still, George Leef told the paper the statistics aren’t themselves proof of liberal indoctrination at the institutions. “But there are professors who just can’t resist turning their classrooms into a big soapbox,” Leef said. Meantime, Campus Report Online has published a story about last month’s Pope Center conference on academic freedom.