I once gave very serious consideration to graduate school and life as an English professor–and I might have gone that route but for the warnings of the one conservative professor in the University of Michigan’s English department (and a good job offer in DC). This week, the Chronicle of Higher Education printed an article on the challenges of being a conservative professor. And here’s the transcript of an online discussion based on it. The topic is naturally an abiding interest of mine–and I continue to learn nothing that makes me regret earning that Ph.D.