Comments on: Public Intellectuals Arthur Brooks and Frank Bruni: Face to Face if not Eye to Eye http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2017/10/public-intellectuals-arthur-brooks-and-frank-bruni-face-to-face-if-not-eye-to-eye/ A repository for Bowdoin news archives Wed, 14 Nov 2018 20:25:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.11 By: Paul Rhodes '80 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2017/10/public-intellectuals-arthur-brooks-and-frank-bruni-face-to-face-if-not-eye-to-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-119915 Sun, 08 Oct 2017 01:35:26 +0000 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/?p=139024#comment-119915 A very positive initiative!

]]> By: Michael Botelho http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2017/10/public-intellectuals-arthur-brooks-and-frank-bruni-face-to-face-if-not-eye-to-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-119882 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 17:13:55 +0000 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/?p=139024#comment-119882 I applaud Bowdoin for hosting an event such as this and its efforts to present different viewpoints even though such views may not be popular with many in the college community. The undertaking of such efforts should be a primary objective of any liberal arts education.

]]> By: Bill Kelly '73 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2017/10/public-intellectuals-arthur-brooks-and-frank-bruni-face-to-face-if-not-eye-to-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-119881 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 16:34:59 +0000 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/?p=139024#comment-119881 What a refreshing article! While most colleges and universities seem to promote a one-sided view – radical political correctness, it appears that Bowdoin has taken a step toward intellectual honesty. It would be great to see Bowdoin students explore the intellectual and motivational roots of “progressivism” versus Constitutional conservatism in a manner that enables them to question and understand both sides with clarity and respect. Free thinkers are so rare.

]]> By: Christopher H. Hanks '68 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2017/10/public-intellectuals-arthur-brooks-and-frank-bruni-face-to-face-if-not-eye-to-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-119846 Tue, 03 Oct 2017 19:34:06 +0000 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/?p=139024#comment-119846 Atul Gawande has a piece in this week’s New Yorker (Oct 2, 2017)that frames the health care debate in a way that will make sense to both conservatives and liberals. I hope both Messrs. Brooks and Bruni take the time to read it.

My guess is Professor Yarborough already has.

]]> By: Robert N. Morrison'52 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2017/10/public-intellectuals-arthur-brooks-and-frank-bruni-face-to-face-if-not-eye-to-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-119841 Tue, 03 Oct 2017 14:20:26 +0000 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/?p=139024#comment-119841 Outstanding. Please increase the scope and number of these wonderful events.

]]> By: John Fitzgerald http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2017/10/public-intellectuals-arthur-brooks-and-frank-bruni-face-to-face-if-not-eye-to-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-119840 Tue, 03 Oct 2017 13:13:56 +0000 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/?p=139024#comment-119840 Frank Bruni is not an intellectual. He’s an opinion columnist.

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