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...settled upon whole sectors of the American psyche that once could not wait to get up in the morning. Progress has collided with the philosophy of limits. Of all cultural adjustments, the notion of an end to progress seems the most difficult for Americans to accept. It is foolish that a general cultural drift makes them feel that they must...
...more extreme collaborators, then obviously there will be serious problems. The extent to which he might associate himself with dissident movements trying to subvert the South African government, either from outside or inside, is going to be of very great importance. But it would obviously be unwise and foolish of South Africa to sponsor a subversive action against Mugabe. This [type of suggestion] is merely the sort of militant noise that Mugabe apparently believes would favorably affect his image...
...urge those called upon to register to refuse, and to refuse loudly. The arguments against registration are sound--it is militarily foolish, coercive, and motivated in large part by President Carter's re-election campaign. Registration now will trim by only a handful of days the time it takes to induct Americans--on that ground alone even former Calif. Gov. Ronald Reagan opposes the plan. As a sign of "national solidarity" in the wake of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, draft registration is a part of Carter's dangerously confrontational stance of reviving the cold war. And as a part...
That prospect is unlikely indeed, but Vance insisted that SALT still could preserve "essential equivalence" with the Soviets. Yet even that provides only a framework for seeking better relations with the Soviets. "It is foolish and dangerous to believe that we can manage this relationship by deterrence alone," said Vance. "We will also need to provide positive incentives. We must work for implicit, if not explicit, agreements to bound our competition by restraints, by a kind of common law of competition ... We cannot afford wild swings from being too trusting to being hysterical...
...sensible thing for any effective teacher would be to fend off such theories as best he can and go on teaching. As teachers are fond of saying, "Teaching occurs behind closed doors." But theory, some of it foolish and damaging, inexorably seeps under the doors and into the classrooms. For example, the sound idea that teachers should concentrate on whetting the interests of students and stirring creativity has been unsoundly used as an excuse to duck detailed schoolwork. Says Columbia's Teachers College Professor Diane Ravitch: "It is really putting things backward to say that if children feel good...