I’ll follow your Substack with rapt fascination. My father was one of the few openly (and proudly) conservative professors on his campus. There were others (Dozens!). But also a number who were fairly quiet about their conservative views. He taught politics, so he couldn’t exactly hide it, but the apple didn’t fall far from the tree: I spent my childhood arguing politics with his liberal colleagues liberal children (some of whom are friends of mine).
You’re definitely not the first person to use the closet/coming out framework to talk about being politically conservative in academia.
Here’s hoping it turns into the Silmarillion! David French is right: that might be Tolkien’s best work!
Haha you said Ass. Dean.
I’ll follow your Substack with rapt fascination. My father was one of the few openly (and proudly) conservative professors on his campus. There were others (Dozens!). But also a number who were fairly quiet about their conservative views. He taught politics, so he couldn’t exactly hide it, but the apple didn’t fall far from the tree: I spent my childhood arguing politics with his liberal colleagues liberal children (some of whom are friends of mine).
You’re definitely not the first person to use the closet/coming out framework to talk about being politically conservative in academia.
Here’s hoping it turns into the Silmarillion! David French is right: that might be Tolkien’s best work!
Excellent first post. I really look forward to seeing the next one.