Category: Opinions

John Derbyshire was fired from National Review on Saturday, April 7, after he wrote a column that was blatantly racist.

As the diver stood at the edge of the diving board, we all held our breath. One, two, three bounces. She jumped, twisted, and entered the water. The scores: 6, 7, 6.5. The swimmers relaxed, let out a collective sigh of relief, and clapped for the surfacing diver. That final dive secured the dual-meet win.

Mr. Gaiser, I disagree with the argument of your recent article “Choose Good Principles, not Good Men.” Your fundamental belief — unless I’ve misread you — is that man need only believe in the right principles and all will be well. I would argue that we need good principles, yes, but these principles need great men to have any value.

Here in Hillsdale, a great many of us think ourselves pretty good about asking the “why” questions. We all need to remember a few things, though.