I am blown away by Cauthen’s “The U.S. Naval Academy is Adrift” of Nov 11, 2022. So full of fear mongering and provocative words (maybe I could report him as … Continue reading “Cauthen’s commentary is full of fear-mongering”
We know best what’s best for you! Who else? Not you, that’s for sure. When left to your own devices you make unequitable choices. You tilt the scale. You decide … Continue reading “Agents of the “United States Handicapper General” are always at work”
I read with interest you article titled, “Reforms We’re Cheering for in 2023”. I agree with all of them. As a former university administrator (chief financial officer) for many years … Continue reading “Federal student loan reform proposal”
To the editor: Walter Gardner’s concern about the NYU chemistry professor is laudable, but it overlooks a few relevant trends. First, as the nation’s fertility rate drops, the pool of … Continue reading “More disturbing university student trends”
If you borrow money you have to pay it back. Terence, this is stupidly silly and obviously true stuff. The fact that a bunch of overgrown children, who have no … Continue reading ““Dollars on demand” policies must end”
To the editor: A recent article titled “The United States Naval Academy is Adrift” by Mr. J. A. Cauthen, a fellow alumni and former history teacher, decried the “Wokeness” of … Continue reading “The Navy’s DEI efforts are a much needed course correction”
To the editor: Unfortunately these Great Books programs are mostly philosophy oriented. I found that they were greatly deficient in two areas: (1) science and math: only Darwin’s Origin of … Continue reading “Science and history should be a part of Great Books”
To the editor: I admire the fact that Professor Ross is not willing to “dumb down” his class in order to make it more popular. Colin Barnett Albuquerque, NM
To the editor: A recent essay in the JMC (“A Better Way to Teach Law,” 17 August), generated much constructive, professional feedback. There is one correspondent who brought up an … Continue reading “Author’s response to recent Letter to the Editor”
Being both a US-trained lawyer and having formerly held a professional engineer’s license, I have some personal knowledge of both the engineering and legal professions. The author misunderstands an engineer’s … Continue reading “Engineering education requirements aren’t all that different from law”