University Protests
I'm finding it hard to believe that the recent eruption of student protests against the war in Gaza is anti-semitic. Claiming the protests are anti-semitic undermines legitimate acts of anti-semitism. Also, as reported by Reuters (at least in the case of the Columbia University protests) these claims are patently false:
Many . . .
It's Not the Left That Controls Universities
A great piece by Asheesh Kapur Siddique an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts–Amherst on who actually run the majority of the universities in the United States.
Over the last twenty years I have seen, first hand, the move from viewing YSU as a public, non-profit institution of higher education to a . . .
Fixing America's Colleges and Universities
My People
Chair of the Emory University Philosophy Department being arrested at a protest against the war in Gaza: https://x.com/PatrickQuinnTV/status/1783532600637681964
UPDATE: The economists are joining:
Three Years Ago
I realized my University didn't care about COVID-19
There is an episode of The West Wing where President Bartlett is caught on mic calling his opponent in the presidential race stupid, though not in so many words: “I think we might be talking about a .22 caliber mind in a .357 magnum world”. Naturally, this “hot mic” faux pas causes the press secretary C. J. Cregg to have to field . . .
