Finding the leaders

A new contest: name conservative evangelicals with attractive personalities to inspire the young | Marvin Olasky

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How much do any of us remember about the specific content of college classes?

A walk on Manhattan's Park Avenue, with the Seagram Building on one side and Lever House on the other, reminds me of architecture professor Vincent Scully's lavish praise of them. Occasionally I remember other professorial lectures. But 40 years ago I met two journalists, and theirs was the gift that kept on taking—taking me to a desire to echo their sardonic negativity about America.

One, Seymour Hersh, was 33 at the time. The other, David Halberstam, was 36. Both had recently won Pulitzer Prizes for their anti-war reporting from Vietnam. I met them before I knew much about them, and then started reading more by and about them. They seemed admirable. First they won my heart. Then they won my brain.

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