Correspondence
Correspondence MEYERED IN DOUBT GREGORY L. SCHNEIDER in "Right Then," his review of Kevin J. Smant's biography of Frank S. Meyer, writes that Meyer "wrestled with the diverse and contradictory...
...But this misses Meyer's main point...
...Sidney Brounstein Redlands, CA Bad Lessons From 9/11 BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Maryland was mentioned by Beth Henary in "The 9/11 Curriculum Wars" (Sept...
...JAMES H. FINK Lincoln, MA I FULLY AGREE with the incisive David Gelernter that World War I was the great significant event of the last century —and perhaps of a greater period...
...However, there is some interest to be found in the period between the wars, in particular, the last-ditch attempt by the old order to reestablish itself...
...our sixth grader was given a trivial (and largely irrelevant) piece from CNN.com recounting one Afghan American's sorrow about events in Afghanistan during the last thirty years...
...a few words of praise for the heroes lost in the attacks—wouldn't these have been the most suitable lessons of the day...
...The Baltimore County Public Schools failed to deliver even on their own expressed aims—let alone the more important goals of conveying the enormous losses suffered on September 11, and reinforcing regard for America and its founding ideals...
...only our fourth grader received an appropriate lesson, focusing on the meaning of the American flag...
...I would invite Gelernter and the readers of THE WEEKLY STANDARD to examine the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the treaty that Germany exacted from imperial Russia in 1917-1918 after she was defeated...
...after all— although with somewhat changed borders and actors—empires were reestablished and/or sought during this period...
...confirm the independence of Finland...
...DAVID GELERNTER'S "The Roots of European Appeasement" (Sept...
...The series of wars from 1914 to 1945 led similarly to the disintegration of the old order, even though the final blows took some time to be struck (as, incidentally, they took time after 1648 as well...
...For our Baltimore county Public Schools students, the plan backfired...
...a few minutes reading essays compiled by the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation (mentioned in the article...
...However, i would make one small amendment to it...
...Ten minutes spent looking at the photographs of those killed...
...This was comparable to the attempts, ultimately unsuccessful, to reestablish the old order in Europe during the course of the Thirty Years' War of 1618 to 1648, accompanied by on-again, off-again fighting...
...16) for its requirement that all social studies teachers "implement ageappropriate lessons using the events of September 11 to initiate a focus on themes such as democracy, patriotism, world cultures, government, and communities...
...compared with its own treatment of Russia, Germany's treatment by the Allies was mild indeed...
...KAREN AND DAVID HYMAN Baltimore, MD...
...Henary implies that this approach is better than a bureaucratic, centralized lesson plan designed by diversity-conscious administrators at the NEA...
...give up Poland, the Baltic states, and part of what is now Belarus to Germany and Austria-Hungary...
...Our eighth grader read and discussed a screed by Nat Hentoff from the Village Voice, arguing that post-September 11 security measures were "a rush to push aside the Bill of Rights...
...As the editor of the Liberty Fund edition of In Defense of Freedom and Related Essays, I suggest that if The Weekly Standard's readers have not read Meyer on this thesis, they would profit by checking him out for themselves...
...The terms of Brest-Litovsk forced Russia to recognize the independence of Ukraine and Georgia...
...Meyer may have been in error here (though i think not), but this is the central argument of Meyer's In Defense of Freedom: A Conservative Credo...
...Correspondence MEYERED IN DOUBT GREGORY L. SCHNEIDER in "Right Then," his review of Kevin J. Smant's biography of Frank S. Meyer, writes that Meyer "wrestled with the diverse and contradictory strands of conservative thought" (Sept...
...23) is quite original and extremely thought-provoking...
...and cede Kars, Ardahan, and Batum to the ottomans...
...Gelernter seems to believe (in line with conventional wisdom) that the Treaty of versailles exacted such punitive measures on Germany that it caused World War II...
...Later, Germany demanded a large indemnity...
...He argued that in America, in contrast to Europe, there was no conflict between freedom and virtue, for the two had been inextricably linked together from the start of the nation...
...World War II may therefore be regarded as a hiccup—an incalculably horrible hic-cup—of history, with heartburn continuing through 1989...
...WILLIAM C. DENNIS McLean, VA WAR: WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR...
Vol. 8 • October 2002 • No. 4
