The Harvard Law School Professor Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr., Defends His Decision to Represent Harvey Weinstein | The New Yorker A few noisy students at the dorm Sullivan oversees have protested his involvement in the case, and the Harvard administration...
Posted by Michael Bates on March 9, 2019 12:46 AM
Prepare For an Onslaught of Woke Scolds | www.splicetoday.com 2019 will be the year of the Performatively Woke Scold, writes Chris Beck: "PWS types love the concept of white privilege for obvious reasons--it widens the scope of their wokesplaining. When...
Posted by Michael Bates on January 28, 2019 7:49 AM
The Yale Problem Begins in High School | HeterodoxAcademy.org "The Yale problem refers to an unfortunate feedback loop: Once you allow victimhood culture to spread on your campus, you can expect ever more anger from students representing victim groups, coupled with demands...
Posted by Michael Bates on December 8, 2015 1:14 PM
How Marcuse made today's students less tolerant than their parents | HeterodoxAcademy.org "Second, I argue that youthful intolerance is driven by different factors than old fashioned intolerance, and that this change reflects the ideology of the New Left. Herbert Marcuse,...
Posted by Michael Bates on December 8, 2015 1:03 PM
Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say -- Jonathan Chait -- NYMag "The p.c. style of politics has one serious, possibly fatal drawback: It is exhausting. Claims of victimhood that are useful within the left-wing subculture may alienate much of...
Posted by Michael Bates on January 28, 2015 12:16 AM
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