Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When it comes to this, most universities leave them alone.
David BrooksBill Clinton pandered by telling you what you wanted to hear. John Kerry panders by never telling you what you don't want to hear. This is negative pandering; he talks a lot without really ruling anything out so you can draw your own conclusions.....Kerry has been talking for years, and yet such is the thicket of his verbiage that he has achieved almost complete strategic ambiguity.
David BrooksDonald Trump's world view is that it's a dangerous, miserable place, people are out to get him, and he needs to strike them first.
David BrooksIf you're a soldier or marine in an Arab country, Islam is the solution. And you need to show respect.
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