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...young as a species on this earth,” she said. “We’re in the process of growing up, and part of that is realizing that we are not alone and there have been some elders who have been here a lot longer than we have...
Last week, 32 young Americans won Rhodes Scholarships. Their tenures at Oxford are funded by the legacy of the British imperialist Cecil Rhodes, a man whose life would not be honored today were it not for his scholarships—and specifically his vision that young people of outstanding intellect, leadership, and ambition could make the world a better place...
When differentials could become a hundredfold or even far more—and as investment banking and similar firms started actively to recruit young Rhodes Scholars who earned degrees in math, physics, and even history, English, and theology—the yawning prospective-wealth chasm became impossible for many to ignore. Even for a few of those most deeply committed to other, more public-spirited pursuits—whether in laboratories, classrooms, poor neighborhoods, charter schools, the media, or state legislatures—the lure of such rewards, especially as they are reasonably attainable for people of such high abilities...
...many more of America’s young and brightest will ask themselves what kind of chumps they are to give up the chance to earn 100 or 500 times more than their mentors, their doctors, their favorite professors, their idols and heroes...
...sentenced to consecutive prison terms totaling nearly 100 years for five different felony charges, including robbery and illegal possession of a handgun. During his courtroom appearances, he frequently exhibited unruly and violent behavior, throwing things and even lunging for a guard's handgun. Yet in 2000, citing the young age at which he had been sentenced and his newfound devotion to God, Clemmons, then 27, wrote a letter pleading for clemency from then governor Mike Huckabee. In the letter, obtained by the Seattle Times, Clemmons wrote, "I have never done anything good for God, but I've prayed...