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Why I Didn’t Sign
An amicus brief from Harvard alums avoids addressing the university’s many failings
Jun 13
Obscenity and Free Speech: An Awkward Coexistence
Do you ‘know it when you see it’—and does that matter when it comes to protecting free speech?
Jun 11
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Nathan Goetting
White and Black Album
How much cultural “knowledge” is ignorance and context collapse?
Jun 10
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Addison Del Mastro
Is It Time for End-of-College ‘Board’ Exams?
With AI use rising in higher ed, faculty members need new ways to ensure their students are actually learning
Jun 5
Academic Activism as an Effect of Digital Media
The social media forces of virality have irrevocably changed the nature of academia
May 21
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Andrey Mir
Observations From a Wedding
On making your tribe, what Fargo folks are really up to and where the heck the wind came from
May 16
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James Lileks
Baby Bonuses Won’t Save America
To solve the problem of declining birth rates, we need a deep cultural renewal, not superficial policy fixes
May 9
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John Mac Ghlionn
Informal, Hyperlocal History
History often hides in plain sight–and it’s all around us
May 8
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Addison Del Mastro
How To Get Rid of a Tenured Professor
Activists push an apocalyptic vision of climate change, but that's not the scientific consensus. I got in trouble just for saying that
May 7
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Roger Pielke Jr.
The Tin Gods Have Failed Us
The failure of secularism, consumerism and hedonism is prompting Americans and others to begin embracing traditional religion
Apr 28
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Jon Gabriel
The Sunset of Screen Satire
Chasing wider audiences darkens and dulls a once wickedly sharp art
Apr 24
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Michael Puttré
Was Shakespeare a Pacifist?
In some of his plays, most notably “Troilus and Cressida,” the Bard makes the case against war
Apr 23
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John Mueller
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