JOHN MARION TIERNEY
This quotation is important because in the early 21st century a few conservatives accused American universities of discriminating against conservatives and people with conservative views. They found a few egregious instances and generalized from those, however universities are among the most tolerant environments in American life. Previous surveys showed that the discrimination was minimal like this one, but the survey included liberal professors who might have been insensitive to the effect. But this study, surveyed only the professors who described themselves as Republicans.
John Marion Tierney is an American journalist and a contributing editor to City Journal, the Manhattan Institute's quarterly publication. Previously he had been a reporter and columnist at the New York Times for three decades since 1990. A self-described contrarian, Tierney is a critic of aspects of environmentalism, the "science establishment", big government, and calls for limiting emissions of carbon dioxide.
