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It didn't really surprise him since, after all, mostĭonors are "wealthy people, not poor people." TheĬonservative nature of this institution can be gauged by (now in Clinton's Pentagon) was unable to come up with the Study "who has been poor for a long time and why," butĪccording to the Washington Post, then Dean Graham Allison Lot of the money for the school comes from largeĬorporations who are more than happy to have their taxĭeductible contributions used to teach public officials theĬamp did once consider creating a "chair in poverty" to Similar emphasis on technical skills - decision trees,Ĭase studies and so forth - and little interest in ethics, The Kennedy School is to government what the Harvard'sīusiness school was to corporations in the 1980. The school either as students, officials, fellows orįaculty: Les Aspin, Bruce Babbit, Ron Brown, HenryĬisneros, Robert Reich, Richard Riley and Donna Shalala. In fact, the ClintonĪdministration seems practically a subsidiary of thisĪcademy of wonkdom. Take seats behind the Cambridge-headquartered John F. Underpinnings to political policy, Clinton's arrival hasįorced such institutions of the New York-Washington axis to Such as the Council on Foreign Relations, Brookings and theĪmerican Enterprise Institute have long added theoretical For example, aĭecade ago in 'Shadows of Hope' I described a more open if Them, and then once you're there they're a little dull."Ĭertainly, Skull & Bones is not alone. They're really impressive until you get into Societies is they're like the first class cabin inĪirplanes. Members from among his young acquaintances.īenign view of this was expressed by the conservativeĬolumnist David Brooks, who told CBS, "My view of secret Least one of the candidates, Kerry, has retained a closeĮnough relationship to the organization to have sought news Far fromĪpologizing for this, the two candidates refuse to give openĪnd honest answers about their participation. Society and throughout their adult lives. Members as they make their into the upper ranks of American Purposes include the mutual support and protection of its

Remember that what we know already is enough:Ībout to choose between two presidential candidates whoīelonged to an organization whose values were infantile,Įlitist, misogynist, anti-democratic and secret and whose Little society called Skull & Bones, it is useful to

Sam Smith: Why Skull & Bones Matters Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 1:20 pm