OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Chronicle for Higher Education, 7-17-11 Enlarge Image Dave Plunkert for The Chronicle Most Americans have not noticed, but Canadians are still reeling from the June 15 riots in Vancouver following the Canucks’ loss to the Boston Bruins for the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup. Thousands of drunken fans trashed [...]
Archive for July, 2011
Our Moral Conversation With Students
Posted in Chronicle for Higher Education, Op-eds, University Affairs, tagged Allan Bloom, behavior, drinking, drug abuse, morality, Professors, sexual behavior, Students, Teaching, The Closing of the American Mind, University, Vancouver Riots on July 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Betty Ford’s Candor Hurt Gerald Ford’s Presidency – but Enhanced his Historical Reputation
Posted in First Ladies, Op-eds, tagged 1970s, Betty Ford, First Ladies, Gerald Ford on July 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, 7-10-11 Betty Ford, who died on Friday at the age of 93, in the 1970s was the most controversial First Lady since Eleanor Roosevelt. During Gerald Ford’s brief presidency, from August 1974 through January, 1977, his wife Betty retrofitted the odd role she inherited to suit the modern media [...]


