Alphabetical Ideology
I happened to be reading some columns by Cynthia Tucker at uExpress.com, which offers political columns by about a dozen, widely syndicated columnists, when I noticed something that I thought odd.
- In the list of columnists "On the Right", the writers' last names began with these letters: "B", "C", "G", "G", "K", and "L".
- In the list of columnists "On the Left", the writers' last names began with these letters: "R", "R", "S", and "T".
Now, what do you notice? No, I'm not referring to the fact that in this world of so-called "liberal-dominated media", they have 50% more writers "on the right" than "on the left" — for "balance", no doubt. But that's not what I wanted to point out.
Why is it that the names of the writers "on the right" all begin with letters from the first half of the alphabet, but the names of the writers "on the left" all begin with letters from the last half of the alphabet?
Coincidence? Nefarious conspiracy? The long term results of seating by alphabet in grade school?
Clearly, I need research money to look into it.