McCullough calls national 'amnesia' threat to liberty

Washington Times ^ | Friday, May 16, 2003 | George Archibald

[JohnHuang2]

Thought police in American schools and rotten history textbooks are as great a threat to American freedoms as al Qaeda terrorists, Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential biographer David McCullough said yesterday.

"Something's eating away at the national memory, and a nation or a community or a society can suffer as much from the adverse effects of amnesia as can an individual," Mr. McCullough, who wrote the best-selling biography of the United States' second president, John Adams, told The Washington Times. "I mean, it's really bad."

[JohnHuang2]

Friday, May 16, 2003

Quote of the Day by Maigrey

[Prodigal Son]

"The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Children Learn." by Diane Ravitch. Thanks John. I think that'll be my birthday present to myself tomorrow.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Failure to teach true history of the United States is deliberate. Brainwash the children and you can mold them into any kind of belief system your political leadership desires.

Future generations will not fight to defend fundamental principles and freedoms if they do not understand history and the price paid for the freedom we enjoy.

The greatest sin of modern American life is the deliberate dumbing of our children. Education is the key to freedom. We're putting our children in chains by keeping them ignorant.

[fporretto]

Some Quotes On Education

"Only the educated are free." -- Epictetus.

"While a man can be kept ignorant, he cannot be made ignorant." -- Bertrand Russell.

"The foundation of every State is the education of its youth." -- Diogenes

"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. " -- H. G. Wells.

Keep the fire of intellect burning. It's fueled by knowledge, and is sparked by curiosity.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
Visit The Palace Of Reason:
http://palaceofreason.com

[tdadams]

This is a sad wake up call. As if it wasn't already obvious, liberals have really gotten their hooks into the public schools system. Their agenda is downplay achievement and advanced civilizations, and instead present all cultures and political philosophies as equal. They are not.

Some political philosophies have proven their merit and other have proven their lack of merit. To ignore these distinctions is to doom our future generations to the same mistakes we've already learned the hard way.

[Maigret]

This is a sad wake up call

And just who is being wakened by this call? How long has this gone on? I remember in the late 60s, reading about what was being done to textbooks and since then it has gotten nothing but worse. I heard a man connected with the textbook publishing industry say recently, that California is the largest customer for textbooks and if they don't publish what California wants their books won't sell. That is what it all comes down to, what sells.