RIGHT TO THE CHIN

John Stossel's new book

I just finished reading John Stossel's book, "Give Me A Break," and it contains some great work.

When Stossel came to UTC a few years ago, I got to meet him, and will never forget the chilling response he got from a certain expendable UTC Communication Professor. After his lecture, Stossel seemed a bit defensive upon meeting a small group of teachers and professors, but a few years hindsight has helped me understand his defensiveness. You see, the "enlightened" members of the higher education world do not like Stossel and his ilk, and I can't imagine how many stuffy and elitist college personnel Stossel had probably met by the time he visited us.

Stossel dares to talk about absolutes, simple truths, and lessons by example. Academia likes to talk, incessantly, about the REAL reason for things, but never gets around to that reason; just lets people endlessly debate. At least that's how it was in this particular class.

The professor in question took exception to almost everything Stossel said in his lecture, while I took exception to almost everything this professor said in his class that semester. It was my first real taste of big-time, professional jealousy in action. The funny part is that I've learned a lot more from watching Stossel over the years - and from this one measly book - than I ever did in this guy's class.