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fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

Hegseth's Headlong Pursuit of Academic Mediocrity

The Trump administration is justified in criticizing elite universities for their perceived failures compared to character-driven institutions like the U.S. Army, as exemplified by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's military history.
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

The price you pay for being smart.

Anti-intellectualism is on the rise, specifically against scholars in the humanities, seen as contributing to our ability to connect as humans.
Arts
#trump-administration
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago
US politics

Trump's Half-Assed Lawyers Didn't Even Include A Table Of Authority When They Tried To Justify Flooding L.A. With Troops - Above the Law

fromAbove the Law
2 months ago
US politics

Trump's Half-Assed Lawyers Didn't Even Include A Table Of Authority When They Tried To Justify Flooding L.A. With Troops - Above the Law

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Right-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

The universities are the enemy': why the right detests the American campus

JD Vance's critique of universities reflects a long-standing rightwing backlash against educational democratization and diversification.
Vance calls for an aggressive attack on universities, framing them as adversaries to conservative values.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Douglas Murray Reveals the Very Dark Game' He Was Trying to Expose to Joe Rogan

Douglas Murray critiques anti-intellectualism on Joe Rogan's podcast, emphasizing the importance of informed discourse over surface-level questioning.
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