Physicist at Large

This article on political correctness and activism at Yale argues that the problem is not about speech, but about a loss of confidence by A...

The LA Times has an op-ed criticizing the CSU (California State University) system for instituting a requirement that all students who want...

Yesterday I had an opinion piece published at Inside Higher Ed on the topic of diversity questions in faculty job interviews.  In short, I ...

I noticed three recent things about meritocracy and related topics: 1) An essay in the Chronicle , written by Rita Koganzon, aka Miss Self-...

I don't have time for a long post, but I like this article saying that maybe the solution to our educational problems in this country is...

Clarissa has a heresy-ridden response to the College Board's decision to offer an "adversity score" to measure the disadvanta...

I'm almost done with this chapter.  Much of it is a critique of political correctness, cultural liberalism, etc.  I have bits of sympath...