08-13-2003, 08:23 PM
As in Rhodes Scholar, one time NBA champion (Knicks) forward and recently a hopeful for the Democratic Presidential Nomination?
As to Congressional staffers: some are bright, some are there due to a family connection, and some are Monica Lewinsky or Elizabeth Ray: political groupies. Their talent level is a mixed bag of no guaranteed quality. Given the degradation of education in the U.S. at the secondary level, where I learned about Senator McCarthy in Govt class and got to study The Crucible in English class in the same year, it surprises me not in the least that a staffer was completely oblivious to the 1950's domestic political environment.
PS: I thought Daniel Day Lewis did a creditable job as John Proctor, but I also preferred to two treatments on stage to the film.
As to Congressional staffers: some are bright, some are there due to a family connection, and some are Monica Lewinsky or Elizabeth Ray: political groupies. Their talent level is a mixed bag of no guaranteed quality. Given the degradation of education in the U.S. at the secondary level, where I learned about Senator McCarthy in Govt class and got to study The Crucible in English class in the same year, it surprises me not in the least that a staffer was completely oblivious to the 1950's domestic political environment.
PS: I thought Daniel Day Lewis did a creditable job as John Proctor, but I also preferred to two treatments on stage to the film.
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete