Why We Need Western Civ

Universities have been conducting an unprecedented experiment in historical amnesia on American students.

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Bust of Plato in the library of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland

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In January 1987, the battle cry of Jesse Jackson and student protesters at Stanford seemed outlandish to the point of absurdity: “Hey hey, ho ho, Western Culture’s got to go.”

But, lo and behold, the Jackson impulse ended up sweeping all before it.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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