"OH? Try leaving the title of professor off a professor's name and you'll be looking for a new job."
Oh, really? I'm a writer and editor for a university publications department and I've been leaving the "Dr." off for years now. Haven't been fired yet. That's the university style and I have yet to have the first professor complain. When I talk to a professor I've met I always use "Dr." verbally first, but most quickly ask me to use their first name.
"Dr. Rice is NOT employed at a university, and therefor her title becomes important to indicate her education."
The people who count are quite aware of her education. Besides, it's not the degree that matters. It's what you say and do. I know quite a number of idiots here who have a Ph.D.
***Oh, really? I'm a writer and editor for a university publications department and I've been leaving the "Dr." off for years now. Haven't been fired yet. That's the university style and I have yet to have the first professor complain. When I talk to a professor I've met I always use "Dr." verbally first, but most quickly ask me to use their first name. ***
Read my post again. I wasn't referring to what might be contained in a university's publication. If you were asked by a reporter for the name of a contact, would you call him Dr. ____, instead of by his proper title? Newspapers and magazines are very particular about getting titles right. It impresses their readers.
My boss was a professor and associate dean. I called him by his first name. But, newspapers refer to professors as professors, and doctors as doctors and an associate dean as an associate dean, etc. But the liberals have deliberately dropped Condi Rice's title.
You say that the people who count know that Condi Rice has a doctorate. But the people who count are the voters, and that's exactly why the liberals don't want the voters to know about Rice's education.