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It is a principle, widely accepted in American education, that while everyone needs to be educated, there is nothing in particular that an educated person needs to know. In this relativistic age, any course of study is the equal of any other, and any figment is deemed educationally valid if someone in authority proclaims its relevance to ... something. That’s why I keep a folder of news clippings labeled the “horror file.” Its stories are about what happens in a moral vacuum, (...)