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The Leonard Lopate Show / April 06, 2004 / Susan Jacoby

Susan Jacoby

Tuesday, April 06, 2004

Susan Jacoby examines the history of American secularism and her book Freethinkers. Plus, Lopate takes listeners calls on the topic of freethinking and the separation of Church and State.

Music: Early American Roots (As Heard at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History), Track 16 “Rockbridge/ The Garden Hymn” – Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, and Track 10 “Spirit of Gambo” Poetical Musick, Tobias Hume


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  • [1] Sam Montefiero from New York March 19, 2008 - 08:41AM

    Congratulations to Susan, and thank you for letting me know about her and her books. Since I am in complete agreement with her, I think she is right on the money (even with the money that has God's authorization embossed).
  • [2] Kevin R. Fish from San Jose, California April 15, 2008 - 12:31PM

    Dear Susan Jacoby:

    I heard you being interviewed about your book, The Age Of American Unreason. It was broadcast on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition on Sunday, April 6, 2008, about

    2 A. M.

    You are absolutely right about education being a mess. I was a high school substitute teacher for several years until recently, and

    I encountered more dishonesty, ignorance, and some legal ignorance. When some teachers and administrators make mistakes, they scapegoat substitutes and even each other. More experienced teachers will not help new teachers. Many students do not learn basic matters, such as the Watergate scandal in United States history. You made a good point about someone believing that Vietnam attacked Pearl Harbor, thus causing the Vietnam War.

    I worked with many Vietnamese as a substitute teacher, and I live in an apartment with Vietnamese. We certainly need national history standards, and we need to stop thinking that a subject competency test is needed for people who already hold a college degree in that subject.

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