The title was almost a summary.
Civilized society is a working system of ideas.
Therefore, it must make sure that as many as possible of the ideas which its members have are available for its examination. The Hutchins Commission, named after its chairman, Robert Maynard Hutchins, was a remarkable group of scholars. Even more, the document is an elegant defense of what is best in American journalism, it charts a strategy to defeat our baser instincts. I have a personal connection to Hutchins. My family moved to Moscow a year ago and into the one-time home of Donald R. Theophilus, a former president of the University of Idaho.