JONATHAN CHAIT JUNE 18, 2010
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During the whole epistemic closure debate there was some talk about the rewards conservatives get for ideological fidelity. I'm not sure anybody saw fit to mention that those rewards include quarter-million dollar checks that get handed out like tips:
Hundreds of influential conservatives gathered Wednesday night at the Kennedy Center to watch political analyst Michael Barone, former FEC commissioner Bradley Smith, Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Paul Gigot, and economist John Taylor accept the seventh annual Bradley prizes -- $250,000 awards from the influential Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.
Basically the Bradley awards are awards for being a member in good standing of the conservative movement. The winners are always orthodox conservatives. And no, nothing like this exists on the liberal side.
2 comments
Yes, the right hands out lucrative monetary awards to help ensure epistemic closure. E.J. Dionne Jr must be jealous.
- liberal reformer
June 18, 2010 at 12:00pm
The MacArthur genius grants are the pretty obvious liberal equivalent. Slate had a funny piece on the archetypical MacArthur winner a few years ago - essentially the photo negative of the kind of people recognized by Bradley.
- rriley
June 18, 2010 at 3:51pm