Either gives elected officials a basis for action. Without a vision, they wander aimlessly and are dominated by those who do have a vision. Formulating and implementing a vision depends, in some measure, on . . . Click here to return to the Mayor's main page. Life, including public life, becomes steadily more complex.
Limited intelligence has limited place in the public arena.
An academic community like ours applauds this last form of intelligence. Still, geniuses make lousy public officials. Instead, ordinary Joes with above-average intelligence in whatever form it takes are likely to be successful. But even the most intellectually gifted among us is well served by . . . An understanding of history .