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Distrust of the judiciary is nothing new in American history. Thomas Jefferson in 1820 thought that the notion of judges as "the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions" was "very dangerous" and threatened the "despotism of an oligarchy." At times, the press helped fan suspicion of judges; more recently it has functioned as an ally of the bench, as when the courts virtually administered school desegregation, and during Watergate...
Lest the new buck go the way of the Eisenhower dollar and the Jefferson $2 bill, both of which had disadvantages and have just about disappeared from active circulation, the Mint is spending $600,000 on what amounts to an affirmative-action campaign to help the numismatic Ms. Anthony get ahead...
Just look at the list. In American politics and history we have James Thomas Flexner on Washington, Dumas Malone on Jefferson, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. on Robert Kennedy and James MacGregor Burns on Franklin Roosevelt. The British have given us Elizabeth Jenkins on Elizabeth I, Cecil Woodham-Smith on Queen Victoria, Philip Magnus on Gladstone and Edward VII, and Robert Blake on Benjamin Disraeli. In literature there are treasures from both sides of the Atlantic. Richard Ellmann's Joyce, George Painter's Proust and Leon Edel's James are the chief prizes, but there are many other jewels...
Chemistry 150bScience Center C Economics 10 Sections: 22, 23, 48, 84 Burr A 51, 73, 74, 78 Burr B 34, 85, 94 Rm. 18, 2 Divinity Ave. 11, 36, 40 Geological Lecture Room 21, 31, 37 Jefferson 250 95 Science Center A 32, 46, 47, 49, 72, 77 Science Center B 33, 43 Harvard 104 44, 45 Harvard 201 38, 39, 41, 42, 75, 76 Memorial Hall Economics 1700 Science Center C English 171 Science Center D Fine Arts 13 A-C Emerson 210 D-J Emerson 105 K-L Fogg Christian Room M-Z Fogg Norton Lecture Hall History...
...Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government." Thomas Jefferson's axiom remains an indispensable premise of democracy. Yet the possibility of a sage and knowing public seems to be growing ever more elusive. Since the rise of science and technology as the commanding force in both government and social change, it has become harder and harder for most Americans to become really well informed on the problems they face as individuals or citizens. Such a trend is bound to raise questions about the future of popular rule...