No, this is not the dawn of it.
We did dodge one, though.
Category Archives: Education
A Civilizational Fork In The Road
Glenn Reynolds says seize the day.
Happy DJT Day!
Thoughts on the upcoming celebrations. I hadn’t thought about the parallels between Trump and King.
[Inauguration Day update]
Well, he didn’t pull any punches. Well, actually he did in the speech, but not afterward, because he could have talked about January 6th, but didn’t. He probably didn’t know about the pardons because Biden did them just before, or he might have.
I wonder if a pardon that doesn’t say what the pardon is for is valid? In any event, pardoning them won’t prevent an investigation into what really happened, and the truth coming out. And I doubt that the pardons will apply to perjury, and pardoned people who are subpoenaed won’t be able to plead the 5th, because they won’t be in legal jeopardy.
[Bumped]
Pat Soon-Shiong
An open letter to the owner of the LA Times.
How California And LA Got Here
A blistering critique from Mike Shellenberger:
For more than a decade, the media, Democrats, and Hollywood have told us that Western civilization in general and the United States in particular are white supremacist, genocidal, and unsustainable. The founding of America occurred not in 1776 but rather in 1619 with the… pic.twitter.com/jD4f0Mq3oo
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) January 10, 2025
Three-Year Med Schools
This is long overdue. As Robert Shipley notes, in theory this might lower standards, but I think that in practice, many of the standards are unnecessary (particularly since the wokification of medical education). I’ve never been impressed by doctors myself qua doctors.
About Yesterday
Do not allow the usual suspects to do the standard Jihadi circle jerk.
I think there will be a new sheriff in town for this BS when Patel takes over the FBI.
Irony
It’s refreshing to see trash that takes itself out.
Let me get this straight… a white FBI Director (Chris Wray) gets fired and replaced by a brown minority Director (Kash Patel) and members of the FBI's DEI office are now protesting and threatening to resign? 🤡
— Gain of Fauci (@DschlopesIsBack) January 1, 2025
The irony is ALMOST too good to be true. 😂 pic.twitter.com/7jcWkzpiPl
What Culture Can You Trust?
Thoughts from Robin Hanson.
Leaders In Higher Ed
…are starting to realize their entire industry is worthless.
There are certainly some things of value, but they may be offset by all of the negative value.