hoyatables
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Post by hoyatables on Jul 5, 2007 15:59:31 GMT -5
All you non-conservatives ( I know you don't like labels and some don't like being tabbed as a liberal): what would be your reaction if the hire, instead of Dyson, had been William Bennett or James Dobson? And why? So long as the individual challenges our University to aspire to bigger and better things, and teaches our students to think about the world in a thorough manner, I could care less. Why assume that people only prefer to see additions of a similar political persuasion? The best universities have a diverse faculty that can bring a number of perspectives to the table. |
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TigerHoya
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Post by TigerHoya on Jul 5, 2007 16:53:24 GMT -5
A DCist post mentioning the Dyson hire pointed out an upcoming speech at Politics & Prose for his new book and also mentioned connecting GU to the rest of DC.
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CWS
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Post by CWS on Jul 6, 2007 7:02:12 GMT -5
All you non-conservatives ( I know you don't like labels and some don't like being tabbed as a liberal): what would be your reaction if the hire, instead of Dyson, had been William Bennett or James Dobson? And why? I wouldn't put Bennett and Dobson in the same category, though I confess that I haven't read much of Dobson. Though I disagree with him on a lot of things, Bennett is at least a serious thinker/contributor to national discussions. From what I've seen, Dobson seems to me more like an evangelical version of Dear Abby (and a bad version at that). If I were going to go for a conservative scholar, I'd go for George Weigel or Robert George. |
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Jul 6, 2007 8:24:22 GMT -5
I know George Weigel's son went to middle school with him.
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