Damon Linker
Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com, and has publicly proclaimed his own bias or political leaning. He is also a consulting editor at the University of Pennsylvania Press, a contributing editor at The New Republic, and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test. Source: The Week: http://theweek.com/author/damon-linker
Self-proclaimed Center Left bias
Damon clearly expresses his bias (we applaud such transparency), considering himself "center left" in this opinion piece), and his stances on various issues (some described in "I'm not a Democrat. I'm an anti-Republican") is consistent with his self-rating as left of center. He is a senor correspondent at The Week (rated Lean Left).
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Successful efforts to ostracize Condoleezza Rice, Christine Lagarde, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali show the vacuousness of the college political scene. - Why do today's college students, professors, and administrators hate powerful women?
That's what first came to mind when I read that Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, had withdrawn as commencement speaker at Smith College after protests by students and faculty. Which came about a week after Condoleezza Rice, the first African-American woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state, backed out of receiving an honorary degree from and speaking at the Rutgers University commencement due to faculty objections. Which came just a few weeks after Brandeis University summarily withdrew its offer of an honorary degree for author and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali after Muslim special interest groups denounced her for criticizing Islam's treatment of women.