OPINION_ Goodwin: Remembering when the New York Times had higher standards

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Goodwin: Remembering when the New York Times had higher standards

By Michael Goodwin
November 26, 2019 | 10:13pm | Updated



The New York Times building in Midtown Manhattan
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Excerpts from the Pulliam Fellows lecture Michael Goodwin gave at Hillsdale College in Michigan on Oct. 24:


In Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Sun Also Rises,” there is a memorable exchange between two characters:

“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asks. “Two ways,” Mike responds. “Gradually and then suddenly.”

As we know, the pattern of “gradually then suddenly” is not limited to bankruptcy. It can be applied to everything from expanding waistlines to the breakup of nations. Similarly, it is clear that many current problems in America reflect decades of eroding educational and moral standards.

Consider changing views toward Christopher Columbus and George Washington.

Once universally celebrated as heroes, they are now reviled in some quarters. The move to take down statues or, in Washington’s case, paint over a 1936 mural, strike me as evidence that many schools failed to teach history and instill a sense of patriotism in their students. We are reaping a bitter harvest decades in the making.

Another example is the collapse of the New York Times.

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