In the comments to Scott’s post last week, greginak (who was one of the few to hone in on Scott’s central point) asked for the “posters to offer criticisms of their own theories.” This seemed...
Here’s a little counterfactual for you. Suppose the CEO of a retail chain that is predominantly patronized by cultural conservatives published an op/ed in which he announced his support for abortion rights. Then suppose...
This REALLY got under my skin: A bill winding its way through Congress proposes to prop up deteriorating apartment complexes by injecting $2 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program into an effort to...
The health care debate here at the League is getting heated and tense. At such times, I think there’s only one proper response. In the words of Al Czervik: “So what? So let’s dance!”...
It’s been my contention, for some time, that a lot of the anti-Microsoft sentiment from certain fans of Apple isn’t actually based on good-faith considerations of Microsoft’s products and services but out of simple...
A few days ago Conor wrote: [C]able news networks should ban Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin (I haven’t listened to the other hosts enough to make a judgment one way or another)...
It’s the same deal as last week folks: I choose a song from my iTunes library, run “Genius,” and post the playlist for all eyes to see (and criticize). I encourage you to do...
It’s Friday, so I’m drawing on the collective wisdom of the Internet to seek advice on a pretty trivial subject.
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on From The New York Times Editorial Board: The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education"too little, too late" And unevenly distributed. There are folks who look around and cannot even com…
on From The New York Times Editorial Board: The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher EducationYesterday evening I happened to come across this substack post by a former chancellor of UC Berkeley…
on From The New York Times Editorial Board: The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education"If academia is full of a bunch of out-of-touch liberal elites, why do we want them debating medical… on From The New York Times Editorial Board: The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education" Transition would imply you change when you do it, which…would have people flipping back and forth… on From The New York Times Editorial Board: The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher EducationSee? The obvious conclusion is that there shouldn't be debates! It makes you wonder why the New York… on From The New York Times Editorial Board: The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher EducationPersonally, I don't think that medical treatments should be debated at all. This isn't House.
on From The New York Times Editorial Board: The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher EducationThinking about this, it really is weird that an op-ed that is written about how academia is actually… on From The New York Times Editorial Board: The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher EducationIt sure is fun to write an opinion piece about something, quote someone else saying something vaguel… on From The New York Times Editorial Board: The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher EducationWhat does the president of Wesleyan know anyway? Wait, lemme google "Wesleyan"... it's probably a Ch…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/10/25DavidTC: The protest was literally over the fact that the university was investing in companies that…
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