May 24, 2006
Parenting and College
OpinionJournal has two good reads this morning.
1. InstaPundit Glenn Reynolds' "The Parent Trap" is a look at how safety nazis and a decline in the social prestige of parenthood have combined to create a serious disincentive for adults to multiply.
2. Vincent J. Cannuto reviews "Excellence Without a Soul" by Harry Lewis, which is a according to Cannuto, a book in "defense of the idea that universities should be about something."
Posted by Papa-Lu at May 24, 2006 8:06 AM
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Reynolds speaks more to the symptoms than the root disease (which IMNSHO is bad philosophy), but he's pretty much right, I think. The same might also be said of Cannato, and by extension the book he is reviewing.
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