Seeking the North Star: Selected Speeches

Here are speeches, essays, and articles from them man who turned Boston Universityinto a major educational institution.

John Silber speaks as an educator, parent, philosophical leader, and political observer and participant (Ahead in the polls, he probably would have been elected Governor of Massachusetts had he not run afoul of a beloved media personality. The famous incident is recounted in high style in Tom Wolfe’s foreword).

He tackles issues including education at all levels, culture an...