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(11/18/96 11:00am)
In his column "Proposition 209: Wrong for CA and Us" [Nov. 15], Scott Jacobs criticized the recent passage of Proposition 209 in California, which will prohibit preferential treatment on the basis of "race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting."
(11/06/96 11:00am)
I was pleased with the argument that Brian Dalton '97 was advancing in his column "Behold the Man, and Bewar(y)" [Oct. 31] as a rebuttal against Abiola Lapite's column "Ecce Homo" [Oct. 28], until I read the last couple of paragraphs. What disappointed me was that by readily accepting the pursuit of happiness as an ideal way of life, Dalton was leaving his life "unexamined," contradicting his own statement that "happiness should not exist at the expense of knowledge."
(10/22/96 9:00am)
Columnist Joe Peters '99 confessed recently that he will most likely not vote Nov. 5 because the "stakes are low, the candidates uninspiring, and the issues stale" ["Why Vote?", The Dartmouth, Oct. 14]. His attitude toward the Presidential election reflects a profoundly problematic and pervasive trend that all liberal democracies have been witnessing in their countries. Unless a conscious effort is made to reverse this trend, liberal democracies might be heading toward a disastrous end.
(10/14/96 9:00am)
It seems to me that the average American has been transformed into the "last man," as predicted by Nietzsche, a German philosopher. Nietzsche theorized that the influence of liberal democracy would cause humans to lose the innate desire to overcome others through war and instead focus on material gain. This theory holds true in the present state of American politics, where voters are more interested in their own personal economic comfort than anything else.
(10/08/96 9:00am)
I was appalled to read "Can Clinton Bring Us to the Table?" by Aaron Klein '98 [Oct. 7]. It clearly illustrated an example of inane thinking that often plagues today's political debates. The column is laden with numerous factual problems, as well as logical inconsistencies that I will reveal to Dartmouth readers -- Republicans or Democrats -- in the hope that they will seriously reflect upon their reasons for supporting either candidate.
(09/30/96 9:00am)
I was confounded by the column "A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words" [September 26], in which Jennifer Parkinson claimed that the columnists who do not want their photographs to appear in The Dartmouth are unprepared to "stand behind their opinions."
(09/24/96 9:00am)
I once had an engaging discussion with a friend on the movie "The Rock." Although, I am sure some of the Dartmouth readership are familiar with the movie, allow me, for those who have not seen it, to outline the portion of its plot pertinent to this column.
(07/29/96 9:00am)
The editorial on July 5th, "Why Men Ought to Be Unequal," defending Francis Fukuyama's thesis in The End of History and the Last Man, evinces the inherent problem of political science. The discipline has failed to improve in theoretical rigor and continues to rely mostly on poorly-interpreted empirical evidence. This penchant is gravely problematic because inane empirical studies can only establish correlation -- but never causality -- among the phenomena that one might want to link.
(07/05/96 9:00am)
When Dartmouth's most prominent student philosopher Mr. Won Joon Choe mentioned to me last term that he was working on an interpretative essay of Francis Fukuyama's widely controversial article "The End of History," I was surprised to learn that Fukuyama's article was profound enough to invoke Mr. Choe's serious reading. The few times I had encountered the article had simply instilled in me the belief that Fukuyama was a faithful, and somewhat ethnocentric, champion of liberal democracy.
(06/21/96 9:00am)
Economists say that a government should intervene in its country's production only if there is a manifest market failure. The miserable state of strict environmental regulation in the world evinces how insightful their claim is.
(05/15/96 9:00am)
As I attempt to produce another column, I find in me, again, an urge to refute what I have previously written. However, before I continue my self-contradictory series of writings, I have decided to explain my motives in doing so, since many of my fellow students have mentioned to me that I have only succeeded in confounding them and portraying myself as a "wacko."
(04/18/96 9:00am)
Since the Clinton administration--arguing that trade most effectively transfers democratic principles abroad--delinked human-rights issues from those of trade, human-rights groups in the United States have denounced the government after every incident of the Chinese authority's abuse of its citizens. Especially after the State Department admitted last year that China's human-rights record had worsened, these groups dramatically increased their effort to hinder the White House's promotion of American industry in China.
(04/01/96 10:00am)
The editorial "On Women and Philosophy" [March 26] claims that women are not as philosophical as men. What is interesting is that this statement is based on an arbitrary definition of the "philosophical intellectuals," defined as "those attempting to discover the meaning of life." Considering that philosophy can be categorized into various branches -- of God, morality, math, music, knowledge, etc. -- one cannot collectively group them into a single pursuit of such a meaning.
(02/13/96 11:00am)
The proposal by the Dartmouth administration last year to create freshmen dorms to stimulate intellectualism on campus was a valiant attempt in spite of its failure. I am not quite sure if the College ought to foster a more intellectual student body than it does now, for I discern a philosophical justification -- for instance, based on Zen -- in producing individuals who understand the virtue of balance. This concept is one that many intellectuals, who are most often rugged individualists, may find difficult to accept.
(01/22/96 11:00am)
Ms. Daniel in her editorial "French Unity of Spirit Lacking In Americans" [Jan. 10] claims that the French, unlike the Americans, have a "unity of spirit" grounded on their tradition. Adducing the French tendency to go frequently on strike, as revealed in the current demonstration in France, the author, for reasons that I'm not clear on, applauds the French for preserving such a hostile value.
(01/15/96 11:00am)
The recent surge of anti-affirmative action sentiment has given me much joy. I hope that this trend will continue, for there no longer exists today -- more than three decades after the passage of the Civil Rights Act -- any intelligent justification for affirmative action as part of U.S. educational institutions' admissions policy.
(01/08/96 11:00am)
Many, these days, denigrate affirmative action as a practice that perpetuates African Americans' dependence on the government. This criticism, interestingly, is no longer endorsed just by angry Caucasians; numerous black intellectuals, like Clarence Thomas, also advocate this view. These conservatives say that the federal programs that provide special treatment to ethnic minorities have allowed Caucasians to patronize them, thus preserving dangerous racial stereotypes, such as "blacks are lazy." Instead, it is argued, by weaning themselves from the government, people of color can learn to become self-sufficient, responsible citizens, who would then prove to society that they are indeed as equal as the rest of the American people.
(04/10/95 9:00am)
To the Editor: