By making assertion after assertion without providing support, Professor Sachs demonstrates that one need not have an intellect to be an intellectual. His is not a rational argument but a listing of ideological positions he expects us to believe--on faith alone.
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The stupidity of americans never ceases to amaze me. As far as the world is concerned America is a seriously... [MORE]
Stefan Hultberg
Sep 28, 2008 04:28
Stuff and Nonsense! The propagation of Junior Senator Barack Obama as a candidate for the highest office of a first... [MORE]
AGRARIA
Sep 24, 2008 16:24
The intellectual rot is deep, indeed. We have professors of prestigious universities who think that science is established by the... [MORE]
RL
Sep 23, 2008 20:38
It is sad to see a great professor betray his ignorance about a subject. I would recommend Professor Sachs spend... [MORE]
James
Sep 23, 2008 17:10
If Mr. Sachs in fact teaches on the subjects, about which he so blithely attempts to describe and pontificate, in... [MORE]
John Spencer Yantiss
Sep 23, 2008 12:18
Mr. Sachs's column once again demonstrates why it is that the vast majority of us have little to no respect... [MORE]
Michael Adler
Sep 23, 2008 10:59
Given the brevity of a newspaper essay Mr. Sachs is not able to cite sources for his various claims of... [MORE]
Right Brain
Sep 23, 2008 08:06
Your repeated use of 'consensus' and 'Public Polls' in support of scientific conjecture, hypothesis and theories displays your own 'anti-intellectual'... [MORE]
slcraig
Sep 23, 2008 08:04
By making assertion after assertion without providing support, Professor Sachs demonstrates that one need not have an intellect to be...
Robert Bove
Sep 23, 2008 06:59
With all due respect to Mr. Sachs, what we need in America is not a ... "return to the global... [MORE]
Mark A. Hurt, MD
Sep 23, 2008 06:42
It is amusing, first, then interesting, and finally dismaying to read Mr. Sachs's estimation of conservatives' anti-intellectualism, our enslavement to... [MORE]
Don Carlson
Sep 22, 2008 23:44
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