Weekly Editorial - January 27, 2005
1. Who is Lawrence Summers? What question did he address in a speech before felllow economists?
2. How did Mr. Summers answer the question?
3. What 3 things happened at Harvard as a result of Mr. Summers' talk? What did this cause Mr. Summers to do?
4. Read the following 4 statements made by Dennis Prager. After each statement write agree, disagree or not sure. Give reasons for each of your answers.
"Outside of the university, most people know that men and women are innately different, that they therefore have some different innate abilities, and that the latest research shows that the two sexes actually have physically different brain structure and compositon."
"But for most professors, neither finding truth nor seeking wisdom nor teaching is the primary goal of the university; promoting leftist ideas is."
"And one can only weep for America over the president of its most prestigious university fully caving in and apologizing for saying what he knows to be true."
"This institution [the secular university], which is the most opposed to Judeo-Christian values, is also the least committed to truth."