The American – and world – economy is in its worst shape in decades, and newspapers (which themselves are under siege) are filled with doomsday stories of global warming, nuclear threats, flu pandemics, war, murder and much mayhem. Wouldn’t this be the time for universities to graduate classes of business majors, science researchers and lawyers, all poised to fix the problems that beset us? Wouldn’t this be the time to cut down on, or eliminate, classes in history, philosophy, English, art h