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...platform for Internet content selection" (PICS) system that is a kind of V chip for the Internet. But as participants in the summit's one contentious and genuinely thought-provoking panel pointed out, V-chipping the Net is no snap. Who would rate the Websites, and what criteria would be used? How do you keep pace with a medium that grows by 4,000 sites a day? How do you enforce U.S. standards and regulations on a global medium...
...Marshall Scholarship committee has similar requirements to the Rhodes Scholarship committee, basing its selection criteria on academic excellence, leadership, and community service, Bohlmann said...
Interestingly enough, the election of politicians is a good example of a public activity to which Habermas's criteria may be applied. Ironically, Cotton himself seems to support the idea that politicians should gain their authority via the deliberation of a rationally engaged electorate. He writes, "They [most Americans] may lack the talent needed to persuade others or the sophistication to avoid demagogues, but they surely possess the ability needed to hear politicians, ingest their arguments and vote according to their opinions." Habermas would likely agree with much of this statement...
What is important is that we select a candidate who is committed, experienced and capable of both immediate student-service needs and broader "political" concerns. Redmond clearly meets those criteria far better than any other vice-presidential candidate. Among the presidential candidates, both Hulse and Danganan have vast council experience coupled with a commitment to such concerns. --The Perspective Editorial Board
...committee ought to consider whether the speaker is challenging. If a sense of challenge were considered to be as good a criteria as the others, we could get earnest political activists instead of politicians. What about wisdom? Why not try to hear from someone who is wiser than us--and not wise in the sense of erudite, but someone who is knowing in the ways of the world, like a distinguished author? Or someone who is able to speak to transcendent values? A religious figure who might be able to give us some perspective on our temporal successes...