Subject: Re: antiquarian
From: Paul Kennedy (kennedyp@toronto.cbc.ca)
Date: Fri Aug 03 2001 - 10:37:18 GMT
B.A. (Hon.) in History, Queen's University at Kingston
M. Litt. in History, University of Edinburgh
1/2 Ph. D. in History, University of Toronto....
...but then again, I don't think the question was directed at me.
It's fashionable for every generation to decry the deplorable education that
they themselves inflict upon their offspring, but, to chose a Canadian
example that involves both youth and politics: At a press conference during
the late years of his imperial tenure, Pierre Trudeau made reference to
Mackenzie King. One of the young journalists from the press gallery turn to
another young journalist and asked "Who's Mackenzie King?"
(Non-Canadians--young or old--will be forgiven for forgetting that Prime
Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King still holds the record for longest
tenure of office as leader of a democratic country....)
Cheers,
Paul
PS--Today's NATIONAL POST has a full-page spread on Holden. I'm not sure
whether there's an on-line edition, and/or whether the whole paper would be
available there. But let's just say it's not going to win any Pulitzer
Prizes....
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