Introduce Them To The (Friendly) World of Ideas
General Jim Mattis has talked about his idyllic childhood in Pullman, Washington. There he spent time outdoors, explored, got in trouble, and had an all-American childhood. He talks lovingly of a house filled with books\u2014as we\u2019ve said, a house without books is not a home\u2014and parents who not only encouraged their children to read them, but questioned and interacted with them. \u201cThey introduced us to a world of great ideas\u2014not a fearful place,\u201d he said, \u201cbut a place to enjoy.\u201d What a...