I applaud The Herald-Dispatch for publishing John Patrick Grace’s column “Facts must triumph over Trump’s lies” (Feb. 9). This column should not have been needed. Even in kindergarten tots are taught that pumpkins and bats are real but witches and goblins are not. But it is obvious that a majority of Trump followers somehow failed to learn the lesson. We thus must keep insisting that they do.
With respect to The Herald-Dispatch’s own editorial (“MU must adapt to fluid higher education market”), I also agree but be careful on this one. There are some who would turn universities into trade schools with a sprinkling of liberal arts lite electives. Not a good idea.
Since the market is fluid, we need to do our best to teach critical thinking skills, which may or may not include computer coding. My own career careened from managing a…
