More on Rawlings
by MikeGeneDanny Pearlstein offers the following perspective:
Following Rawlings' speech Friday, Cornell Board of Trustees Chair Peter C. Meinig '62 told assembled reporters: "It is great for a president to present a topic of great interest." But being scared of intelligent design is hardly a topic of great interest outside the educated liberal elite, for whom "” I know from substantial personal experience "” it's always fun to mock the presumed backwardness and religiosity of others. At best, Rawlings contributed handily to a hullabaloo over nothing. At worst, his choice of topic signals a genuine lack of understanding of the major issues now at stake around the globe.
October 31st, 2005 at 12:02 pm
There appears to be a growing consensus that Rawlings III suffers from "shortsightedness". That is not a good thing for a university president to have.
Comment by Joe G — October 31, 2005 @ 12:02 pm
November 2nd, 2005 at 1:05 am
One guy does not a "growing consensus" make. Less, one nut doesn't make it, either.
It's amazing to watch people spin a phrase like "growing consensus" so far from what it actually means.
Comment by edarrell — November 2, 2005 @ 1:05 am
November 2nd, 2005 at 8:39 am
edarrell:
One guy does not a "growing consensus" make.
This is true. Do you have a point?
Have you been following along? If you had there are more articles pretty much saying the same thing.
Comment by Joe G — November 2, 2005 @ 8:39 am