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...reflects the political sickness of the modern academy, which has thrown over its traditional calling to the 'disinterested pursuit of knowledge' and assumed a new institutional identity as an 'agency of social change.'" Horowitz ends with the statement that "The Cornel West Reader is a testament to the intellectual vacuum that a progressive education creates...
...vacuum cleaner lulls babies to sleep, a professor lecturing from a podium causes college students to drool with dreams. There's something about listening to the monotone of an educated person saying important things for an important test that makes them think it's nap time...
...According to Reuters, an assignment to create ads for a classy brand of cat food resulted in images of the cat food in a formal ball room and of cat food teamed with Count Dracula. Do either of these examples describe true creativity? If creativity means creation in a vacuum, then no. However, very little human creativity may come out of a vacuum. The most powerful literature does not always deal with subjects never considered before, but often presents common experiences in a slightly different light. If a formula can make you look creative, maybe originality is more formulaic than...
Baseball abhors a pariah vacuum, so after PETE ROSE received a resoundingly redemptive round of applause before Game Two of the World Series, new villain JIM GRAY burst out of the bull pen. Rose was on hand for his induction into baseball's All Century Team. It was meant to be a happy event. But in a postceremony interview, NBC reporter Gray peppered Rose with questions about his lifetime ban from the sport. Bad call. Angry fans flooded NBC with complaints, and following Game Three, Yankee Chad Curtis snubbed Gray on-air after hitting the game-winning home...
...matter what, do not be shamed by a sudden decline. This is business; it happens. Stocks are not like vacuum cleaners. They have no warranty. They cannot be returned. But they can regain lost value, or at the very least be sold to the next sucker...