PrintSeptember 15, 2009
Why Eggheads Shouldn't be Running Things
Philosophers and career-thinkers from academia have a place. I can appreciate their zeal and gift for boundless thought. I can even realize that some of their ideas may shape our future for the better. I draw the line however, at giving them stewardship or power over policies that directly affect the country. Policies should come from practical, time tested sources, not radical ideas from people whose purpose is to think of new ways of doing things.Thinkers are mostly just that -- thinkers, not doers. There is a huge gap of scrutiny and trial & error before an idea should be implemented as policy. This is why our "czars" should not be plucked from a lifetime spent in universities to implement their untested ideas on a national level. (I don't think we should have any czars, but that's a topic for another time.) Making government policy from radical, unfiltered, untested ideas turns citizens into guinea pigs and puts the country at high risk for destabilization and other...(Read Full Article)
