If liberals now want to create a counter-counterintelligentsia, it's going to take more than money; what they truly need is a set of really good ideas.
Of course the author is full of it here.
What the success of conservatism really shows is that some really lousy ideas with little basis in reality (but big benefits to a privileged class) can be foisted onto the public agenda with enough money and media control, and some luck.
The closing paragraphs are (emphasis is mine, not because I agree with it, but to show how inaccurate rdf's summary of the article is)
I'm not sure rdf deserved a "2" for that, but I always prefer positive reinforcement.
