he American professoriate is dominated by liberals. Sixty percent of undergraduate instructors identify as either liberal or far left, according to a by the Higher Education Research Institute. By comparison, only 12 percent are conservative or far right. Other surveys tell a similar story, with in the fine arts and humanities. Just last week, a by Mitchell Langbert and Sean Stevens found that Democrats outnumber Republicans in elite institutions by a ratio of 8.5-to-1.No use denying it: when it comes to political ideology, faculty are deeply out of sync with the rest of the country. There...…he American professoriate is dominated by liberals. Sixty percent of undergraduate instructors identify as either liberal or far left, according to a by the Higher Education Research Institute. By comparison, only 12 percent are conservative or far right. Other surveys tell a similar story, with in the fine arts and humanities. Just last week, a by Mitchell Langbert and Sean Stevens found that Democrats outnumber Republicans in elite institutions by a ratio of 8.5-to-1.No use denying it: when it comes to political ideology, faculty are deeply out of sync with the rest of the country. There...WW…

“We thought of life by analogy with a journey, a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end and the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, maybe heaven after you’re dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played.” ― Alan WattsTheistic philosophers and theologians have historically argued that life in an atheistic universe is devoid of meaning, value, or any reason for hope. Life is absurd, they claim, because death robs us of a future and puts an end to...…“We thought of life by analogy with a journey, a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end and the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, maybe heaven after you’re dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played.” ― Alan WattsTheistic philosophers and theologians have historically argued that life in an atheistic universe is devoid of meaning, value, or any reason for hope. Life is absurd, they claim, because death robs us of a future and puts an end to...WW…

To the QAnon community, and others involved in storming the Capitol:The Deep State is real, but it’s not what you think. The Deep State you worry about is mostly made up; a fiction, a lie, a product of active imaginations, grifter manipulations, and the internet. I’m telling you this now because storming the Capitol building has drawn the attention of the real Deep State — the national security bureaucracy — and it’s important you understand what that means.You attacked America. Maybe you think it was justified — as a response to a stolen election, or a cabal of child-trafficking...…To the QAnon community, and others involved in storming the Capitol:The Deep State is real, but it’s not what you think. The Deep State you worry about is mostly made up; a fiction, a lie, a product of active imaginations, grifter manipulations, and the internet. I’m telling you this now because storming the Capitol building has drawn the attention of the real Deep State — the national security bureaucracy — and it’s important you understand what that means.You attacked America. Maybe you think it was justified — as a response to a stolen election, or a cabal of child-trafficking...WW…

ep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) went to recount her experience of the January 6 attack on the Capitol building. In a 90-minute video, AOC described her rising sense of anxiety as protest turned into riot, and a spike of fear as someone started banging on office doors. She and her legislative director hid, and when they heard a man come inside and yell “where is she?,” AOC says she “thought everything was over.”The man said he was a police officer, but she wasn’t sure if she could trust him. He told them to leave, but not where to go, and they moved through the halls, fearful and...…ep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) went to recount her experience of the January 6 attack on the Capitol building. In a 90-minute video, AOC described her rising sense of anxiety as protest turned into riot, and a spike of fear as someone started banging on office doors. She and her legislative director hid, and when they heard a man come inside and yell “where is she?,” AOC says she “thought everything was over.”The man said he was a police officer, but she wasn’t sure if she could trust him. He told them to leave, but not where to go, and they moved through the halls, fearful and...WW…

he COVID-19 pandemic had barely taken hold in the United States when principled libertarianism was reported to be among the early fatalities. “There are no libertarians in a pandemic,” Atlantic writer Derek Thompson on March 3.Thompson likely intended it as an offhand comment, but the phrase took on a life of its own. Within a few days, similar phrasing headlined a , who wrote that, “Just as there are no atheists in foxholes, in a national emergency, there’s no truly laissez-faire government.”Point taken. Libertarianism is a philosophy that celebrates free exchange and that becomes...…he COVID-19 pandemic had barely taken hold in the United States when principled libertarianism was reported to be among the early fatalities. “There are no libertarians in a pandemic,” Atlantic writer Derek Thompson on March 3.Thompson likely intended it as an offhand comment, but the phrase took on a life of its own. Within a few days, similar phrasing headlined a , who wrote that, “Just as there are no atheists in foxholes, in a national emergency, there’s no truly laissez-faire government.”Point taken. Libertarianism is a philosophy that celebrates free exchange and that becomes...WW…

the world’s most populous country, over a million members of a religious minority have been detained without trial in reeducation camps. When they’re not performing forced labor and making goods for export, they are tortured, beaten, shocked with electric batons, and put through coercive ideological “transformation.” Authorities have been told to use any means necessary to make their victims recant their faith in a world-transcendent order, and swear fealty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).Both inside and outside detention camps, their biometric data is catalogued and their movements...…the world’s most populous country, over a million members of a religious minority have been detained without trial in reeducation camps. When they’re not performing forced labor and making goods for export, they are tortured, beaten, shocked with electric batons, and put through coercive ideological “transformation.” Authorities have been told to use any means necessary to make their victims recant their faith in a world-transcendent order, and swear fealty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).Both inside and outside detention camps, their biometric data is catalogued and their movements...WW…