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...most academically and intellectually astute people in the country. And Harvard is certainly one of the most renowned universities in the nation, if not the world. Yet, is Harvard doing all it can to challenge its students to think critically? Does the Harvard experience really teach one to distrust authority and tradition? Or do crucial aspects of our education encourage us to value superficial myths over unvarnished truth and to honor America's entrenched institutions more than America's citizens and democratic ideals...
There is a debate among the Chinese too about whether they should join the interdependent world or hang back in a nationalistic fortress. The Chinese leaders often distrust and disagree with Washington's arguments. They point out, for example, that the U.S. is by far the world's largest seller of armaments and is about to begin delivering 150 F-16 fighters to Taiwan, which Beijing considers a province of China. Last week the Chinese even had mixed feelings about Clinton's extension of MFN. "Clinton has made a wise decision," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Cui Tiankai, but he added...
...best tutor, experience the best preparation for life. That was the attitude of Jessica's parents, and as a result, they kept Jessica, her brother Joshua, 9, and sister Jasmine, 3, at home--without filing a home-schooling plan with the local authorities. Hathaway seemed to have a reflexive distrust for institutions and convention and a fear of stifling her children. Jessica did not have dolls but tools. Instead of studying grammar, the children did chores and sought what their mother called "mastery." Boundaries seemed to be off limits, and parenting seemed to consist of cheerleading. "They're getting...
Americans shout their standard litany for their uncharacteristic general distrust of the media. Like the government, the media is elitist. Television news reporters pander to the ratings. The media plays to public sensibility by displaying the fantastic, the outrageous, the lurid...
Larson said the "worldly wisdom" espoused by intellectuals breeds distrust and disunity. "This kind of wisdom is from the devil," he said, adding that only God's wisdom is pure...