"It is difficult to suppress the fear that the scales of American history have shifted heavily against the vibrant and…"

"One of the most remarkable characteristics of America’s revolutionary generation was the presence and influence of so…"

"The denigration of fairness has affected both political and intellectual life and has now produced a culture in which…"

"Americans are alone in the developed world in their view of evolution by means of natural selection as “controversial…"

"This level of scientific illiteracy provides fertile soil for political appeals based on sheer ignorance."

"The current American relationship to reading and writing by contrast, is best described not as illiterate but as a-li…"

"The greater accessibility of information through computers and the Internet serves to foster the illusion that the ab…"

"One important element of the resurgent anti-intellectualism in American life is the popular equation of intellectuali…"

"The unwillingness to give a hearing to contradictory viewpoints, or to imagine that one might learn anything from an …"

"It seems that the American tendency to choose from a cafeteria-style theological menu is not limited to Catholics."