David Brooks makes the argument that class/culture warfare is driving intellectuals and intellectualism out of the Republican party.
I think it's a remarkable argument, because it suggests the inverse of the conventional wisdom preached by right-leaning think-tanks and organizations. Heritage, et al, say that conservative profs and students can't get a fair shake at college because it is dominated by leftover hippies and seventies radicals. I think the extension of Brooks' argument suggests that young conservatives don't embrace intellectualism because they believe (or have been taught) that it runs counter to their class-based/cultural identity.
