Walter Cronkite

Twenty five centuries ago, Greek philosopher Socrates claimed that to be wise is to be “ignorant… not [believing] that [one knows] anything” after having failed to prove that statement wrong (Plato). While ostensibly an empty paradox, these words have much to say about the state of mankind; in a society and a race in which narcissism and arrogance abound, there are none wiser than he who claims to not be, for he remains humble and open to new facts and opinions, instead of being blinded by his…

1968: Music As Rhetoric In Social Movements In 1968 social movements sparked rhetorical discourses which occurred in many nations and on hundreds of colleges and in communities across the United States. These rhetorical discourses ultimately changed the direction of human events. Sometimes these points of ideological protests shared views on specific issues, especially demonstrations against the Vietnam War, but each conflict was also its own local conflict. There is no evidence that any…