Can you think of a wider one than exists between the leadership of our elite colleges and universities and the military culture, as evidenced by the current controversy over the appearance of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran at Columbia University? Columbia’s President Lee Bollinger just doesn’t get it. He would like us to believe that […]
Archives for October 2007
The New Cultural Divide
Some years ago (June 2000), I wrote about the demise of the “warrior class” in America and the degree to which the military experience and the commitment to military service have been diluted in America’s leadership class. To me, this is a troubling development, because I have always believed, particularly since the time of my […]
Replacing the Broken Contract
I was struck over a year ago by comments by the CEO of General Motors who, in defending the company’s appeal for relief of its crushing legacy costs for health care and retirement benefits for its retirees, in effect said that it should not be expected to bear these costs in their entirety because they […]
The Larry Craig Episode
“Hate the sin and not the sinner” is a precept which, though easy enough to understand, is rarely practiced, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world.—Mohandas Gandhi. So, did the Republicans rush to judgment of Sen. Craig in the recent “men’s room” sting operation? Sure they did, but the GOP […]