“The level of anticipatory obedience we’re seeing from business, universities and the media is unlike anything I’ve seen in my lifetime.”
— Dartmouth professor Brendan Nyhan, quoted by the New York Times.


“The level of anticipatory obedience we’re seeing from business, universities and the media is unlike anything I’ve seen in my lifetime.”
— Dartmouth professor Brendan Nyhan, quoted by the New York Times.
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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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