MacArthur Grant: Increasing Your Chances

With the release of the recent MacArthur "genius" grants, this 2000 Slate article is quite timely.

It tells what you should be if you want to raise your chances of getting one of these $500,000 bundles. Two tips: Don't work for the government or the private sector and be left-wing.

Apparently, the MacArthur folks aren't sharp enough to get beyond ideological bias.