INTERVIEW: Rubin on education, income inequality

In our June 2006 FIVE QUESTIONS interview, Vanderbilt University Law School Dean Ed Rubin offers a wide-ranging and probing look at education, fear in politics, income inequality and metropolitan government. There's a lot in here to digest, but it promises to be an interesting interview. A sample:

"Progressives need to construct a new political discourse that frames fear-generating issues in a different way, one that points toward thoughtful solutions rather than panicked reactions. This discourse must acknowledge and incorporate people's fears, but condemn reflexive or simplistic solutions to these fears and offer more constructive and creative alternatives."

Read the whole interview | 6/8: Read an op-ed excerpt