Heather MacDonald talks about how liberal universities churn out nitwits and the rise of intolerance on 'Life, Liberty & Levin.' is an American political commentator, essayist, attorney and journalist. She is described as a secular conservative. She has advocated positions on numerous subjects including victimization, philanthropy, immigration reform, crime prevention, racism, racial profiling, rape, politics, welfare, and matters pertaining to cities and academia. Mac Donald is a Thomas W. Smith Fellow of the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of New York's City Journal.She is a recipient of a 2005 Bradley Prize. She has written numerous editorials and is the author of several books. Born in California, she graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover in 1974 and from Yale (where she was in Berkeley College) in 1978. She then attended Cambridge and graduated from Stanford University Law School in 1985.