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Another 'Great Recant' Cuts Social Theory

December 10, 1975In our continuing series Beame as America's largest city neared
of Great Recants, that pronounced bankruptcy. He now says, "The very
recently by former Ohio Governor John J. practices I advocated 10 and 20 years ago
Gilligan has to rank near the top.The are responsible for our present
once-vocal champion of labor-liberal difficulty. The borrowing of money to
causes startled his fellow Democrats at a pay debt was a mistake. It is a bitter
recent National Issues Convention in lesson."On federal control - by U.N.
Louisville, Kentucky, by blasting a trio Ambassador Daniel P. Moynihan, then
of popular programs - a national health assistant secretary of labor under
proposal, federal involvement in President John F. Kennedy. He now says,
environmental protection, and federal "American liberals are guilty of
housing and community development. over-protecting the good name of the
"Heretical as it may sound to some, I am poor, of over-selling underfinanced
very reluctant to see the federal programs and of avoiding evidence of poor
government launch a nation-wide health results. In particular (we liberals)
insurance program simply on the grounds have paid too little heed to the limited
that in the decade since Medicare and capacities of government bureaus to bring
Medicaid have appeared, we have poured about social change."On new math - by the
millions into the health care delivery California State Board of Education which
system without improving materially a decade ago started the education fad.
either the level of health or its The board now says, "Not everyone needs
availability for most American families," conceptual theory. The ability to
said Gilligan.He went on to suggest that balance a checkbook or add up a grocery
most of these federal programs could be list is basic."On permissive behavior -
better handled on a state or regional by Dr. Benjamin Spock, baby care
level. Inasmuch as this position is specialist and Vietnam War objector. He
exactly that of Presidential Hopeful now says, "We have reared a generation of
Ronald Reagan, the convention delegates brats. Parents aren't firm enough with
were flabbergasted."I guess it is a their children for fear of losing their
departure from some of my previous love or incurring their resentment. This
thinking," Gilligan said, "but there are is a cruel deprivation that we
many things I believed in ten years ago professionals have imposed on mothers and
when I was in Congress that now have fathers. Of course, we did it with the
proved not to work."The aplomb with which best of intentions. We didn't realize
dogmatic opinion leaders whirl 180 until it was too late how our know-it-all
degrees when their assertions fail never attitude was undermining the self
ceases to amaze me.Yet we must assurance of parents."
acknowledge the intellectual courage such Let us concede that those who espouse
reversals require.If only those clearer hard work, self sufficiency, thrift,
thinkers who tell it like it is could be simple skills, craftsmanship and all the
accorded the same consideration as the other old fashioned virtues may know what
self-appointed oracles!We delay or they are talking about.As we search the
destroy good causes at great expense and list of beautiful social theories of the
travail simply because those who advocate last few decades, what has succeeded?Not
caution are vilified.We are justified in the New Deal, nor the Square Deal, nor
questioning the remaining pie-in-the-sky the New Frontier, nor the Great
proposals still being thumped up by Society.Not public housing, rent
activists with much rhetoric and little subsidies, campus rioting, black power,
logic.Regular readers of this column will isolationism, foreign aid, sexual
recall some of the other Great Recants of freedom, affirmative action, welfare,
recent years: hiring quotas, free tuition.Social
Security, Medicare and unemployment
On school bussing - by Dr. James compensation survive at great expense but
Coleman, sociologist for the University stand in jeopardy.In view of the long and
of Chicago who launched the integration sorry record of error on the part of
tool with a federal report in 1964. He yesterday's theorists, we would be better
now says, "Only under certain specific served by a new generation of
circumstances does integration improve pragmatists.Better to count small
black classroom performance - when the blessings than recant large
number of blacks introduced is not mistakes.Lindsey Williams is a Sun
sufficiently large to alter the columnist who can be contacted
middle-class ethos of the classroom. at:Website: with several hundred of
When these limits are exceeded, the Lin's articles written over 40 years, and
ghetto ethos prevails."On deficit his book "Boldly Onward," about the
spending - by New York Mayor Abraham original explorers of America.




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