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THE COUNTY COLLEGE OF MORRIS’ AWARD-WINNING STUDENT NEWSPAPER YOUNGTOWN VOL. 106, NO. 3 MONDAY, MAY 10, 2021 EDITION RANDOLPH, N.J. Columbia professor speaks about America’s failures in international affairs JARED BRODSKY and disposition bent on transform- people,” he said. “But its biggest America attaining a strong power but as a Western liberal ideal being Editor-in-Chief ing the world, punctuated by far flaw is believing that one state can position, and thinking it could es- forced upon their country. briefer moments of acceptance that actually win in world politics.” cape from anarchy in one form or CCM Journalism Professor According to Columbia Uni- the world will not bend so easily to Professor Gottlieb said that in another,” said Professor Gottlieb. John Soltes agreed with the senti- versity Professor Stuart Gottlieb, its preferences.” reality, one state could not win in “America has never been comfort- ment that the US thinks its values there is a disparity between the way In addition to isolationism, world politics, because in an anar- able with anarchy.” are ideal and universal. America views its own power, and Professor Gottlieb talked about chical system “others will naturally Professor Gottlieb said that “We can’t simply go out with the way its power is perceived by two foreign policies that the US balance against you.” He pointed to America also failed in these experi- our ideals to the world and take it the rest of the world. In a lecture has explored: Mahanian imperial- Hitler and Napoleon as examples ments because it sees itself as “sim- on a roadshow, and not learn from hosted by CCM’s Legacy Project, ism, and Enlightenment progres- of this flawed way of thinking. ply a force for good in the world” Canada’s gun control measures Professor Gottlieb spoke about the sivism. Mahanian imperialism, Enlightenment progressivism, and expects to be recognized as or Europe or Africa’s agricultural United States and its shifting opin- named after Captain Alfred Thayer also called “reformed world order” such. The US thinks its values practices to save the environment,” ion regarding international affairs. Mahan, a 19th century naval strate- by Professor Gottlieb, takes the tra- are ideal and universal, Professor he said. “We don’t seem to be He started by reminding listeners gist, takes the view that a powerful ditional American liberal view that Gottlieb explained. He brought up learning from the world; we seem that the United States was founded navy in control of the world’s seas free trade and democracy, practiced Voltaire, who called America the to have the answers ourselves.” on an isolationist ideology, that is the key to global power. Mahan’s globally, would bring the world to- “apotheosis of human history,” and Rather than tout its own ideals the Constitution was written spe- views influenced the war between gether. In 1919 Woodrow Wilson Thomas Paine, who wrote, “We as superior, the United States needs cifically to prevent our government America and Spain in 1898. The proposed his League of Nations, have the power to begin the world to work together with foreign na- from becoming too entangled in the superior navy of the United States and entered into World War I with over again.” tions, according to Professor Got- political issues of foreign nations. It proved decisive in securing the the promise that it would “make “By trying to universalize tlieb. was 1796 when George Washing- nation’s victory, resulting in the the world safe for democracy.” Pro- everything, ‘begin the world over “The US cannot consistently ton said, “Our detached and distant Treaty of Paris, which gave the US fessor Gottlieb said this view was again,’ the US put itself in an unten- be in a position where ‘it’s either situation invites and enables us to ownership of Puerto Rico, Guam, flawed in that it “assumed you could able and unsustainable position of the end of history, or I’m taking pursue a different course.” And in and the Phillipine Islands. How- treaty your way out of anarchy and being the world’s policeman, bank- my ball and going home,’” he said. 1799 Thomas Jefferson endorsed ever, as explained by Professor balance of power,” an achievement er, and moralist,” Professor Gottli- “The US has to find some kind of a “free commerce with all nations, Gottlieb, there are problems with unattainable in a world where states eb said. He also pointed to Doctors middle ground to understand anar- political connections with none.” Mahanian imperialism. were motivated by self-interest Without Borders, who were at- chy, the realities of rising powers, Despite the sentiments of its early “[Mahanian imperialism] re- rather than community. tacked by jihadis while attempting and the falsehood of wishful think- leaders, according to Professor quires a militarization and constant “These experiments with to treat polio in Afghanistan. Pro- ing, of this transformative power of Gotllieb, “America has existed, state of war and conflict that would American global power and their fessor Gottlieb said that the jihadis Western liberal ideas for all of the most of the time, with an ideology never be accepted by the American ultimate failures were due to did not see the medicine as helpful, world” Willie Mays at 90: Baseball’s greatest living player PROFESSOR gan, Phil Niekro, Tom Seaver and trast, Mike Trout, the consensus KENNETH SHOULER Don Sutton. Yet Mays survives, choice as today’s greatest player, Adviser a connection to city ball in the has missed nearly three times as 1950s, and as a model of how the many, 103, during the last four Willie Mays turned ninety game should be played. years alone. Mays didn’t sit out on May 6. Out of public view, Mays belted 660 home runs, a games because he was playing for Mays’ legacy should nonetheless feat that stands taller now, in light his supper. He competed before be celebrated. From here to Mars. of the hitters who cheated to in- notions of workload management A full-blown talent, he remains crease their totals. After 23 years consigned athletes to the bench baseball’s greatest living player. Mays retired in ‘73. Since then for fear of overuse injuries due to What does his greatness owe to? Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez fatigue. He was a fixture; as om- In large measure, Mays embodied used performance enhancers to nipresent as the green grass where a virtue now rarely mentioned: “pass” Mays’ total. Mays also hit he patrolled centerfield in the a record 22 home runs in extra in- constancy. Returning from a two- Polo Grounds and Candlestick nings. How many of those would year hitch in the Army at Fort Eu- Park. He proved himself annu- stis in Newport News, Virginia, be erased if he played under base- ally, receiving one-year contracts Mays resumed play with the New ball’s inscrutable new policy, akin and not reaching six figures until York Giants in 1954 and averaged to some Men’s Over 40 Softball 1966, when, at age 35, he earned just under 40 home runs for the Rule, that starts all extra innings $105,000. next 13 seasons. with a man on second and none A dark time for our country out? Aside from his irrepressible mirrors a dark time for baseball. After the Army, Mays missed persistence, and childlike exu- In recent times baseball lost Hank just 38 of 2002 games over those berance, Mays was a new kind of slugger. The term “five-tool PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA Aaron, Lou Brock, Whitey Ford, 13 seasons. No misprint. That’s Willie Mays as he appeared on a 1952 Bowman baseball card. Bob Gibson, Al Kaline, Joe Mor- 1,964 played, 38 missed. By con- PLEASE SEE ‘MAYS,’ PAGE 3

IN THIS The truth according to social media ISSUE Page 2 PAGE 2 THE YOUNGTOWN EDITION OPINION MAY 10, 2021 The truth according to social media PROFESSOR KENNETH him outright or give nod- peal to fear—getting one’s audience to ac- SHOULER ding approval to his his- cept a conclusion by a threat or force. How Adviser toric disdain for truth. to threaten the masses? Tell them that the Trump launched his “Black Lives Matter” protests are coming “When All think Alike, No One Thinks foray into untruth in 2011 to a suburb near them and that only he can Very Much” with his “Birther Move- stop it. Or repeat that the mandate to wear — Walter Lippman, American writer ment” conspiracy, tweet- masks is a hoax and designed to limit their (1889-1974) WILLIAM KING- ing or retweeting com- constitutional freedom. Other Trump favor- Of all the quotes I have ever read, DON CLIFFORD ments 67 times about ites are “Ad hominem,” or “To the Man,” Walter Lippman’s wise sentiment tops my (1845-1879) where President Barack referring to the personal attacks that he un- list. It’s the truest, the most perceptive, the Obama was born. That leashes on foes as a substitute for persuasive most disdainful indictment of mass confor- gem, covered endlessly by news media, arguments. Then there’s ad verecundiam or mity. Another statement, perhaps equally brought Trump to prominence. His claims, “unqualified authority,” which Trump sure- as strong, is similar in spirit. It instructs us unsubstantiated like so much other foul ly is on everything from statecraft to me- about the standards of truth we should hold nonsense that left his lips, appealed to closet dia to science. One of the many things that to before adopting an opinion. It comes racists everywhere. Henceforth he was their professors Patten, Shin, and Soltes showed, from William Kingdon Clifford (1845- champion, their xenophobe in chief. with their thorough and brilliant programs 1879), a British scientist and philosopher Anointed their fearless leader, Trump called the “Shakespeare Conversations,” is from the mid-nineteenth century, who was best suited to take up cudgels against that Trump is a striking analogue to Hotspur wrote, “It is wrong always, everywhere, the browning of America, a browning that from Henry IV. To be sure, he is incurious, and for anyone, to believe anything upon demographic estimates show will take full utterly, about the world he inhabits. He has insufficient evidence.” effect by 2045, when the non-Hispanic white no turn for poetry or philosophy, history or population will fall to about 49.7 percent. science, the arts or biography. The thoughts of Lippman and W.K. PHOTO COURTESY OF AMAZON Clifford arise from different vantage points. “When All think Alike, No One Thinks When this “leader” stood on that podium on Nearly four months since the election Lippman was an international reporter who Very Much” - Walter Lippman, Ameri- January 6th and shouted “If you don’t use of a competent and non-Tweeting leader in claimed two Pulitzer prizes, one for his can writer (1889-1974) strength you are going to lose your coun- President Biden, signs abound that a good syndicated news column and another for try,” he meant your white country. And the portion of the country has taken Trump’s an interview with Nikita Krushchev. Clif- are the “Big Lie,” which alleges, without whitest of white warriors took his cue and imprint as wax takes a seal. “The Big Lie,” ford, though he died of tuberculosis at just evidence, that the 2020 election was stolen, descended on the capitol. Disputes about the used throughout history and employed by 33, attained philosophic immortality for his and the persistent misinformation about meaning of “insurrection” and other forays Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels in tough, suffer-no-fools essay “The Ethics of Covid-19. Each is underpinned by deceit into semantics can be trotted out by people World War II, is more effective now than Belief.” In it he argued cogently that no one and lying. The stream of misinformation affecting a knowledge of law. But what is ever, given the power of social media. Pro- was entitled to embrace a conclusion that he flowed steadily, but not only, through social irrefutable is that the chain of causation for fessor David Rand, of MIT’s Sloan School hadn’t earned the right to hold on the basis media. At its worst, social media is the Wild that darkest of days had begun more than of Management, has studied the misinfor- of sufficient evidence. From two different West, allowing for a ceaseless and ungov- six months before. Starting on the campaign mation campaign to study its effectiveness. walks of life, these estimable men called out erned repetition of false claims. Pandering trail as early as July, he primed the pump, “What we found was disturbing; a ma- mindless conformity and a refusal to engage to gullible audiences by the repetition of saying over and over again that if he lost it jority really believed the lie,” Rand said, “77 in critical thinking. Were they alive today falsehoods is the strategy of propaganda was because the election was “rigged.” percent of Trump voters believed in wide- they would shine an unrelenting light on the reports parading as news organizations, He then lost by more than seven mil- spread voter fraud.” It was the continuous as- ineffable and unprecedented stupidity our such as Fox and OAN (laughably, the “One lion votes and by an electoral college result sertions that Trump actually won the popular republic has endured in the last year alone. America News Network”). The trails of of 306-232, the same margin he referred to vote that led to the belief among his support- The two most prevalent forms of stu- both lies lead straight to Donald Trump, as “a landslide” when he beat Hillary Clin- ers that this was actually the case. Said Rand, pidity, aided and abetted by social media, and his cultish minions, who either embrace ton in 2016. Never mind. If he lost it must “Repeating it makes people believe it.” have been fraudulent, right? Hadn’t he said And still does. Rand’s study occurred so repeatedly? in January, four months ago. And where do His unchecked tweets, reinforced by we stand now? In a similar place. Repub- rallies before the faithful, comprised a labo- lican leaders have made belief in the “Big ratory exercise in illogical thinking. The Lie” the litmus test for the right to be elected Washington Post, which began the con- and hound those of their own party, such as siderable undertaking of recording his lies third-ranking Republican Liz Cheney and starting in January, 2017, counted 30,517 Mitt Romney who deign to reject that lie. In lies or misleading claims over four years. fact, despite 60 failed attempts to challenge SUMMER https://www.motherjones.com/poli- the election with charges of voter fraud, tics/2021/01/donald-trump-thirty-thou- 70 percent of Republicans at large still SESSIONS sand-lies/ believe (four months after the MIT study) He employed the same photo-op at that the election was fraudulent, according every MAGA rally. With Trump facing the to an article in Forbes. Other ad populum AT TCNJ camera, we observed a sea of pale faces, red brainlessness follows suit, as night follows hats, rippling flags, and homemade signs day. Some 45 percent of Republicans do just over his shoulder. He stood in the same not plan on being vaccinated, according blue suit, white shirt, and red tie. It might to a New York Times article. https://www. as well have been a one-piece; as predict- nytimes.com/2021/04/14/us/politics/repub- able as a ballplayer’s home uniform. Thus, licans-covid-vaccines.html REGISTER despite the steady stream of inanities issu- Their rejection of the science results ing from his lips, Trump had appropriated from the mixed messaging about Covid-19 NOW! American symbols, essentially identifying that has been perpetrated for more than a America with his narrow vision of what it year. A Cornell University study shows ought to be. Vision? This is the same dunce that Trump is the single largest driver of who read from a piece of paper and pro- Covid-19 misinformation in the world. Re- nounced Yosemite National Park as “Yo- searchers at Cornell University analyzed Session 1 May 24–June 11 Semite.” He also didn’t know that England 38 million articles about the pandemic in possessed nuclear weapons. English-speaking media around the world. Session 2 Add to his ignorance about the world Mentions of Trump made up nearly 38 per- June 14–July 15 in general his myriad logical fallacies, plen- cent of the overall “misinformation conver- tiful enough to make anyone rethink their sation,” thus making the former president Session 3 July 19–August 19 manner of teaching logic. Never has so the largest driver of the “infodemic”—false- little substance and such persistent shallow- hoods involving the pandemic. It is the first Open to all visiting and incoming fall students ness moved the masses. Examine a handful comprehensive examination of coronavirus Dates for blended, online, and travel courses may vary. of fallacies and you won’t be disappointed. information in traditional and online media. He committed them. Given his paucity of The study identified 11 topics of mis- knowledge and things asserted without information, including various conspiracy evidence, ad ignorantiam or “appeal to ig- theories. By far the most prevalent topic norance”—where one draws a conclusion of misinformation was “miracle cures,” in- based on little or no evidence—is a constant cluding Trump’s promotion of anti-malar- standby. Such as Covid-19 will go away ial drugs and disinfectants and ultraviolet “like a miracle” or “when the warm weather light as potential treatments for Covid-19. summer.tcnj.edu [email protected] comes” or by ingesting bleach. A day after he floated that idea, more than His oratory was frequently peppered 30,000 articles pertaining to miracle cures with a “Katy, the sky is falling” brand of ur- gency, which bespeaks ad baculum, or ap- PLEASE SEE ‘SOCIAL,’ PAGE 3

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https://blogs.ei.columbia. edu/2020/10/22/covid-19-re- Social sponse-avoidable-deaths/ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 Meanwhile, Cyber Ninjas are being paid $150,000 to con- sprung up, compared to 10,000 duct an “election review” and only days earlier. https://www. recount the vote in Arizona as we nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/ speak. The future doesn’t bode politics/trump-coronavirus-mis- well in other ways. Assorted information.html? “Congressional Kardashians”— Another study, conducted a name affixed to those who are six months ago by Columbia bent more on self-promotion than University’s Earth Institute’s they are on public service—such National Center for Disease as Marjorie Taylor Green, Josh Preparedness, showed that be- Howley, and Lauren Boebert, tween 130,000 and 210,000 of float Q-Anon conspiracies, want the then 217,717 deaths in the to take their guns into the Capitol United States could have been chambers, and are proud to vote avoided if the Trump adminis- down bills against hate speech. tration had quickly and effec- Facebook and Twitter were tively implemented a cohesive Trump’s primary means to his public health response to the ill-advised end of delegitimiz- coronavirus. Now the death toll ing the election. As of May 5, stands at more than 577,000 Facebook continued its ban on people dead in the United States. Trump. The decision is just, as Using the same proportion of no president in our history did preventable deaths estimated anything resembling what he did by the report, of those 577,000 on January 6. America lives un- deaths between 340,000 and der a democracy, not an autocra- 520,000 would have been pre- cy. As such, the most important ventable. These deaths are four words we hold to are “The blood on his hands, nothing less. people have spoken.”

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Editor-in-Chief...... Jared Sidney Brodsky PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA Managing Editor...... Open Mays hauls in Vic Wertz’s drive near the wall in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series. News Editor...... Open Copy Editor...... Open of normal size with a sound if vi- Stadium. In game one, he led off Opinion Editor...... Open Politics Editor...... Open cious swing could crush the ball. with a triple and followed with a Mays Entertainment Editor...... Open He clouted four homers in one double and single. In game two, Sports Editor...... Open CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 game in Milwaukee’s County he slugged a homer among three Staff Writer...... Leann Benny Stadium on April 30, 1961. The hits and stole a base. The National Layout Editor...... Open player”—a wunderkind who hit centerfielder for the Braves also League won both. Photo Editor/Photographer...... Open for average and power, and could hit two. It was Hank Aaron. But No one currently playing re- Staff Illustrator...... Open field, run and throw—could have no stage revealed the broad range minds us of Mays. Ken Griffey, Cartoonist...... Open been coined for him. Long ball of Mays’ talents like the All- Jr. looked like he might become Social Media Manager...... Open hitters hadn’t won stolen base Star Game. “The All-Star Game the next Mays. But his rise in the Distribution Manager...... Open titles before, but Mays won four was made for Willie Mays,” Ted 1990s was mirrored by a decade- Circulation...... Open straight from 1956-1959. Hav- Williams said. And Mays was long decline beginning in 2000. Technical Adviser...... Drew Notarnicola ing learned his signature “bas- usually the game’s most versa- We shouldn’t hold our breath Faculty Adviser...... Dr. Kenneth A. Shouler ket catch” at Fort Eustis from tile attraction. In 1960 there two waiting for another to rival Wil- fellow soldier and outfielder Al All-Star contests, one in Cleve- lie Mays. All students are welcome to contribute articles to The Youngtown Edition either in person land’s Municipal Stadium and the Shouler was a panelist for or via e-mail. However, students cannot receive a byline if they belong to the organization on Fortunato, Mays led the league which they are reporting. The deadline for articles is the Monday prior to a production. several times in put outs and as- second two days later in Yankee baseball’s “All-Century Team.” sists. Dodger GM Fresco Thomp- son said, “Willie Mays’ glove is where triples go to die.” It was fitting that his idol was Joe DiMaggio, who Mays thought of as a complete player. During the summer celebration of baseball’s centennial in 1969, Mays wasn’t voted the game’s greatest living player. DiMaggio was. But ac- cording to a loose formula that many employ, Mays is the great- est “all-around” player of all time. WE SEE MORE Some recall the Mays-Mick- ey Mantle era of the 1950s as the THAN A STUDENT “Golden Age” of baseball. The Dodgers, Giants and Yankees WE SEE A FUTURE LEADER would agree. In a 12-year stretch At Quinnipiac, everything we do is laser-focused on the future. It’s why from ‘47 through ‘58 at least one we combine market-driven knowledge with practical applications. It’s why New York team competed in 10 of we integrate world-sized learning opportunities with classrooms and facilities the World Series. Two New York that are custom fit for today’s work environments. And, with the support of teams played in seven of them. an accessible and engaged faculty, our graduates are prepared for 21st-century The beloved teams also boasted careers because they are always a step ahead. the three best centerfielders, Duke Snider, Mays, and Mantle. Man- EXPERIENCE QUINNIPIAC tle addressed a banquet at which FROM YOUR OWN HOME Download all three were present and said, VISIT Experience our campuses with the App qu.edu/visit “The best centerfielder played for a self-guided virtual tour from the Giants.” wherever you are! go.qu.edu/selfguidedtour A lean 5-10 and 170 pounds, Mays was living proof that a man

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