Liberal Education
A common misconception on the left is its arrogant and elitist notion that if only conservatives were better educated they’d be more liberal.
- Marx studied law in Bonn and Berlin.
- Lenin had a degree in law (his father was an official in the Russian education system).
- Stalin attended Tiflis Theological Seminary and was later a private tutor/instructor.
- Mao Zedong went to Beijing University.
- Ho Chi Minh was educated in France and was, at one time, a teacher.
- Pol Pot was a graduate of the École Française d’Électronique et d’Informatique (French School of Electronics and Computer Science) in Paris.
On the other hand:
- George W Bush and Clarence Thomas graduated from Yale.
- Thomas Sowell is an economics fellow at Stanford.
- Bill O’Reilly holds degrees from Boston University and Harvard.
- Charles Krauthammer holds degrees from both Harvard and Oxford.
- Michelle Malkin went to Oberlin (a rather left-wing college).
- Bobby Jindal went to Brown University and Oxford (Rhodes Scholar).
- Newt Gingrich got his PhD in history from Tulane and was a college history prof for almost a decade before entering politics.
The difference isn’t education. It’s values.