WaPo Publishes Sociologist Who Compares 'Low-Income' Supporters of Bus

Ken Shepherd
January 9th, 2011 7:09 PM
A recurring feature in the Washington Post's weekly Outlook section is a column devoted to "Five myths about" a particular topic. The feature for January 9 -- "5 myths about why the South seceded" -- happened to address a timely historical topic considering this year marks the sesquicentennial of the beginning of the U.S. Civil War. Yet the author, sociologist James W. Loewen, couldn't…