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...University, undergraduates seem to represent little more than labels to be assigned to "diverse" communities. At this point the "d-word" cannot even be mentioned without warning quotations; academia's great postmodern mission has generally become a self-styled farce...
...Academia in the 104th Congress has lost much of its traditional influence and that is to be expected from the Change in the House leadership," said John Keast, chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Roger Wicker (R-Miss), the president of the first-term Republican caucus...
...advantage of an open mind is that it allows changes to these guiding principles, a process that will lead to a stronger foundation. Academia's role in particular is to question or reveal the often unspoken guidelines that we use--what makes the Iraqi invasion wrong ? What type of response is justified? The people who devote themselves to asking these question provide a service to humanity's knowledge. As John Start Mill argued, without questioning. Without debate, progress is impossible...
...From academia to ambassadorial travel, Wilson has followed a meandering path--almost like that of the Congo River, which Wilson voyaged with money from a Rockefeller Grant just after graduation...
Wilson says he soon hopes to return to his roots in academia, and teach at the University of Maryland. "I'm ready to go back and be a professor," he says. "And write about some of the things I was a part...