To the Editor:
That state and national politicians denounce education in the humanities and liberal arts as somehow being less worthy of taxpayer dollars is farcical. If state and education officials want to spend less on something and more on STEM education, then maybe they should be looking at state university athletic budgets and the many million-dollar stadiums across this country.
I think that a STEM education is emphatically important today. But it is not the only important education. Learning and studying the humanities is what makes us human. Shame on us as a society if we ever forget it.
JEFFREY L. VOLPINTESTA
Stamford, Conn.
Note from KBJ: I don't blame collegiate sports. I blame the layer upon layer of administrators.
