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THIS WEEK’S GRIPE: MANNERS NO LONGER “MAKETH THE MAN”

THIS WEEK’S GRIPE: MANNERS NO LONGER “MAKETH THE MAN”

In any list of qual­i­ties that ide­al­ly ought to define peo­ple, espe­cial­ly those who aspire to, or hold posi­tions of author­i­ty, I doubt there is much argu­ment that it should include cour­tesy, per­son­al integri­ty, con­cern for the com­mon good and dignity.
Yet it has come to pass that these virtues, along with per­haps less impor­tant, but still valid ones, have not just fall­en by the way­side, they are as good as scorned.Read the rest

KID GLOVES VERSUS HARD KNOCKS

KID GLOVES VERSUS HARD KNOCKS

This may be hard to believe, but there was a time when “the school of hard knocks” was con­sid­ered as good as a for­mal edu­ca­tion. Today, expe­ri­enc­ing and learn­ing from the vicis­si­tudes of life has been replaced by metaphor­i­cal­ly swad­dling peo­ple in cot­ton wool and pro­vid­ing them with ear plugs and blinkers.Read the rest