Leaving the Faith
Our own convictions are inevitably strengthened when someone who has long opposed our views experiences a change of heart and joins our side.
Whittaker Chambers before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Aug. 25, 1948. He repeated his testimony that State Department Director, Alger Hiss, was a secret communist. Hiss is in mid-ground left, looking into camera. (BSLOC_2014_13_57)“Slouching Towards Mar-a-Lago:” A Conversation with Andrew Bacevich
We’re on a Road to Nowhere
AA Martin / Shutterstock.comRobert L. Paquette Responds: The Flame Needs to Be Turned Up
In response to: What Worlds Have They to Conquer?: A Higher Ed Dystopia
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It's true that liberal arts curricula and academic disciplines are neglected at too many colleges, but some top public universities are countering these trends.
The issue is no longer the preservation of liberal arts curricula at elite liberal arts colleges. By now, these institutions have made their choices.
Whether Americans will lose their faith in a college education is far from certain. Even if they did, a Reformation isn't necessarily in the offing.
