College professors – liberal? No!

In my senior year at Rutgers, I took a class on World War II taught by a half-crazed history professor who literally spent the first twenty minutes of every class inveighing against George Bush Sr. and Desert Shield/Storm. After the 100-hour land war, he showed up Monday morning and simply said: “I guess everything worked out” then never spoke of it again. That is a true story.

So this story in the Boston Globe doesn’t surprise me: “Professors back Kerry with campaign giving.” But what’s this towards the bottom?

Despite Kerry's edge in the higher-education competition, Bush enjoys a huge lead over the Massachusetts senator in overall fund-raising, $185.1 million, compared with $79 million through March. The incumbent holds a commanding lead in every other major industry, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Yes, but Kerry has the Berkeley English department behind him.