Some Quick And Random Thoughts On “The Pile On.”
As I said, these thoughts will be quick and somewhat random. I got feedback from my dissertation readers, and...
Tag: censorship
Political Football
Over the weekend, I engaged in a discussion with Friend of the Blog @tmi3rd. The topic of our discussion...
Drive-by Trump Roundup
Frankly at this point there’s simply too much stuff to talk about in individual posts for an extended period...
“This Time However The Barbarians Are Not Waiting Beyond The Frontiers”
With all due respect to Alasdair MacIntyre. Alternative Headline: “You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God...
Twitter, Hamfistedness And The Marketplace Of Ideas.
I’m staying off twitter today other than the tweet or two this generates. I won’t tell you what I...
You Can’t Repair A Reputation That Never Existed In The First Place!
Nevertheless, Melissa Click will try and the media apparently will be giving her their best helping hand. Consider this...
An Open Apology to @JonHaidt
The context is more or less here: https://twitter.com/JonHaidt/status/695619211159343104 You can click on the tweet to see what I had...
Hitler Youth Meets The Red Guard: American Universities Stoop To New Lows
In America’s newest fascistic movement we have eery echos of the past…specifically the Hitler Youth movement and the lesser...
Career Suicide Status: Nearly Total
If this past week or so has taught me anything, it’s that my future in academia was probably dead...
And now a word from Alasdair MacIntyre
In light of all the chaos at Yale and Mizzou, I am called to remember what a wise professor...
