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...international affairs and economics. How does the secretary expect American students to compete in the world if they are unfamiliar with the thought and tradition of these areas? Can a businessman compete with the Japanese if he knows nothing about them beyond stereotypes? Also, how can any political scientist help find a solution in the Middle East without a comprehensive knowledge of the area's religions and history? To help American interests in the future, colleges must train students to understand and respect their foreign counterparts, not to ignore them...
...recent poll in New Scientist, Americans were found to have the most positive image of science and progress of any industrialized nation. Yet 42 percent of the public in the United States does not believe in human evolution! While we apparently have a desire to succeed, it's clear we lack the intellectual tools to do so. Widespread belief in astrology is a similar problem. We use the fruits of science gladly--none of us would part with our microwaves or television sets--yet scientific advances have not fundamentally reordered our view of the way the world works. Unless they...
Others are also skeptical. Michael Pace, a scientist at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in New York, who reviewed the report before it was released, found it "hard to believe" that airborne sources were so important. "The numbers are very soft," said Pace. "They are only rough estimates...
Judis provides useful insights into Buckley's conservative lineage. One early influence, Albert Jay Nock, an anarchist and enemy of mass culture, had visions of an intellectual elite he called the Remnant. Another, Yale Political Scientist Willmoore Kendall, argued that the interests of the majority should always prevail over individual rights. A loathing of the left had already been passed on to Buckley by his father Will, a Texas-born oilman who made a fortune in Mexico, only to have most of his property there seized in the years after the 1910 revolution...
...like to divide power. That's why they vote for Republicans for President and Democrats for Congress. Because they want a balance of power. You think the average guy says, 'Gee! I'm afraid of that one, so I'm going to restrain him'? Ha! That's a political scientist talking. Know what I mean?" ((Double rimshot...