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...tends to crowd educational instructors into anti-and pro-groups, conveniently dichotomized so that all who share his beliefs are members of the latter. Teachers who advocate distance between teacher and student are categorized as the opposition, and classified as uncaring brutes. While Kohl is completely convincing as an ardent and outspoken advocate for his students, the sweeping vilification of his opponents seems heavy-handed at times and not altogether believable. As most will find themselves enthused with Kohl and his honesty, such a flaw is understandable considering the simple and equaniminous approach he uses with his children...
DIED. HENRY STEELE COMMAGER, 95, pre-eminent chronicler of American history and ardent defender of the Constitution upon which the country was founded; in Amherst, Mass. For close to 70 years, Commager's essays, books and meditations probed the nation's politics and psyche. A teacher for 65 years, Commager wrote books that served as lucid primers for generations of students. An early and vocal opponent of Senator Joseph McCarthy, Commager embraced the Jeffersonian view that given adequate information, Americans would ultimately use common sense to make informed decisions...
Media tycoon RUPERT MURDOCH is an ardent supporter of a free press, as long as it doesn't cost him too much. Last week HarperCollins U.K.--a subsidiary of Murdoch's News Corp., which has considerable interests in China--suddenly dumped East and West, a memoir by former Hong Kong Governor CHRIS PATTEN that offers a frank and not always flattering assessment of the Chinese government. Though his editors were enthusiastic and though Patten signed a contract for $200,000, Murdoch took a dimmer view; a News Corp. statement said, "Murdoch did not agree with many of Patten's positions...
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is an ardent supporter of a free press, as long as it doesn't cost him too much. Last week HarperCollins U.K. -- a subsidiary of Murdoch's News Corp., which has considerable interests in China -- suddenly dumped "East and West," a memoir by former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten that offers a frank and not always flattering assessment of the Chinese government. Though his editors were enthusiastic and though Patten signed a contract for $200,000, Murdoch took a dimmer view; a News Corp. statement said, "Murdoch did not agree with many of Patten's positions...
...maintain some chemical weapons and the capacity to produce more, and Saddam Hussein would almost surely remain in power. And this time, popular opinion on an attack is divided, as was made clear in an Ohio "town meeting" last week where top defense officials were unexpectedly shouted down by ardent protesters...