The American Spectator

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br> -- Kevin Cecotti /p>

Reading James Bowman's article brought back memories. Early in my college career I toyed with the idea of majoring in English. Then after sitting through a couple of idiotic classes worth of straining metaphorical gnats to arrive at professors' predetermined leftist conclusions I decided I had had enough.

At that point I switched to engineering, a field where there are discernible, testable, definitive correct answers that cannot be wished away according to the professors' political leanings. I'm referring to the hard engineering disciplines, of course (i.e., structural, mechanical, electrical, chemical, etc.). The soft engineering disciplines (i.e. environmental, transportation, industrial, etc.) are susceptible to monkey business. But anyone who chooses to ignore, say, the laws of gravity or thermodynamics will soon find that their building will not stand up, their engine will not function, their compressor will not compress, their diffuser will not diffuse, and so on. These unforgiving immutable laws care not one whit about engineers' political opinions.

p>I tip my hat to Mr. Bowman and the rest of your staff who were able to persevere in the literary disciplines long enough to become as proficient at it as you are. I know I didn't have the stomach for it. Your work supports our freedom, a very noble pursuit indeed. The most delicious aspect of it, to me, is that you were probably trained in your craft by flocks of leftist dingbats whose crazy ideas you so adeptly discredit. It is a real testament to your abilities of being able to cavort with fools but not be taken in by their folly. br> -- R. Trotter /p> p> IRAQ PLANS br> Re: Christopher Orlet's What's the Plan, Stan? : /p>

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