Yes, Believe Your Lyin’ Eyes
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And ultimately, of course, it’s not just about Covid. Without the truth-tellers to keep them at least somewhat in check, what will they gaslight us about next?... Read more.
Ignorance, Stupidity, or Malice?
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So yes, the four-year debacle that is our collective Covid response is attributable in part to ignorance and in part to malice. But worse than either of those, and... Read more.
ChatGPT Can Get Off My Lawn
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Will artificial intelligence become the greatest boon to higher education since online learning? (This assumes that online learning was a boon, which is a topic... Read more.
An Open Letter to the Davos Crowd
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If the past four years have taught us anything, it is that you “elites” are awful people. Your ideas are awful. Your vision for the future is awful. The society... Read more.
The Collapse of Credentialism
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For many years, the United States has been effectively a technocracy, run by unelected “experts.” Former Harvard president Claudine Gay’s fall from grace may... Read more.
Claudine Gay and the Administrative Archetype
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We must have faculty members who first re-embrace their traditional role as seekers and disseminators of truth, instead of pushing politicized, anti-Enlightenment... Read more.
My Colleagues’ Right to Say Terrible Things
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What we can’t do is act like censorious leftists, demanding the scalp of anyone who says something we don’t like. Either we’re the side that truly believes... Read more.
Is Serfdom Humanity’s Default?
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The real problem is that, as our fellow Americans wind their way blithely down the road to serfdom, they are taking the rest of us with them. Because we cannot have... Read more.
A Solution to the Problem of Failed Public Schools
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The public schools in many (most?) parts of this country are indeed broken, and there’s no point in trying to “work within the system” to fix them. They’re... Read more.
The Human Costs of Campus Closures
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In our unhinged pursuit of a covid-free fantasyland, we wreaked untold and immeasurable havoc on the entire higher education ecosystem. Whether this is reversible... Read more.
Paying the Price for Campus Closures
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Could all this pain have been prevented if campuses had just reopened fully in the fall of 2020? Perhaps not—but much of it could have. At worst, we would have... Read more.
Why Politicized Science is Dangerous
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Ultimately, what Crichton emphasizes is the importance of rejecting politicized science and insisting that governments and researchers follow the actual science... Read more.