We Need Liberal Arts

The decline of a liberal arts college education is a bad sign for America.  People not only need jobs; they need to think about political, social, and cultural issues using the background of thousands of years of history -- ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, Christianity, the Renaissance, the British Empire -- of art and literature -- Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Tolstoy, Plato, Faulkner -- of science -- Euclid, Einstein, Galelio.  We need to be able to put today's issues into context.  Those who don't know history may be doomed to repeat it.