Saturday, June 24, 2017

Amen, I say unto you, the edufad hucksters will always be among you

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Not much time to say anything substantive about it, but I appreciate this article on the self-esteem fad of the eighties and nineties . It ...
Thursday, June 22, 2017

Political correctness flatters the elite

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I am too tired to comment on this, but I very much enjoyed this National Review article (did I really just type that?) about class, politic...
Monday, June 19, 2017

Don't fall for the hype

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Yesterday I attended another university's graduation ceremony, for a friend's son.  While walking across the campus I passed by this...
Thursday, June 8, 2017

Authority and character vs. process and markets

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Working in a non-profit setting with a union and a tenure system, you learn certain things about character and its importance, largely becau...
Wednesday, June 7, 2017

The two cultures on display: Gender studies

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In the past few weeks two articles from gender studies have gotten some attention.  The first was not actually from gender studies as such,...
Monday, June 5, 2017

A few links: There must be some way out of here

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I'm still trying to work up a post on Dewey, but Dewey is a heavy read and finishing up the academic year is absorbing all of my mental ...
Sunday, May 28, 2017

Finally, some sanity on privilege, college, and jobs

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I'm not predisposed to agree with a professor of work-life law about, well, anything.  However, Joan Williams has a great article in th...