Quote of the Day (James Piereson, on Columbia University’s Core Curriculum)

“If the objective of a liberal education is to identify the permanent and perennial issues in the midst of flux and change, then Columbia’s Core serves that purpose more directly than most alternatives. In judging the two curricula, one does not face a close call. Columbia and Harvard are playing in different leagues. If it were a football game, Columbia would beat Harvard by several touchdowns.”—James Piereson, “Columbia Beats Harvard,” The New Criterion, September 2010