#Intellectual

Gerry Conway Wears A Mask Because He Cares

gerryconway

In the late 1970s, early 1980s, before the evidence of policy failure was incontrovertible, I embraced many of what were then bold ideas from the conservative movement. I read “Commentary,”

Pickett

nimish4fk

Thread.The increasing of marriageable age for girls is just another jugaad Or Rather, a very simplistic approach at pushing young girls towards higher education and/or employment instead of addressing the

The Public Archive

public_archive

Academics could gain a certain clarity about themselves if they acknowledged that being an academic is a job, not a mission, and that being an intellectual is merely a form

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

AOC

As always, I‘m proud of my work in restaurants.I also worked for Sen. Ted Kennedy, piloted literacy projects in the South Bronx, studied Development Economics in W Africa, served as

Paul Williams

PaulNWilliamz

*How to round with Paul Williams*Tips for medical students, interns, and the curious - a threadJust in case this might be helpful. Your mileage may vary with other attendings, who

Liz Bernstein

yeralizard

I un-RT'd a post that I RT'd yesterday because I think the person's point could have been made without throwing ND people under the bus and minimizing our struggles. It's

Carlos Tejada

CRTejada

“The best China strategy...is one which gets every one of our—or at least what used to be our—allies on the same page. It’s going to be a major priority for

Ben Landau-Taylor

benlandautaylor

1/There’s a lot I can say about why I hate establishment media, but three incidents stand out above all the others: 2/In 2003, my parents had to explain to my

Discourse Hacker

Shudraism

A friend of mine, a college prof. learns from sources that his mentor, a university prof., has been offered a powerful admin position by BJP. The prof's dad is a

Mary Harrington

moveincircles

The worst thing about so-called 'cancel culture' is its hubris. It imagines itself so powerful it can ignore competing epistemologies, and that aversive arguments can be extinguished by preventing their

SlacktivistFred’s 1611 Project

SlacktivistFred

No, they're not this stupid. This is bad faith, not ignorance, not innocent deception. These people are lying & they know they're lying. Believing outrageous impossibilities is not a failure

Āsurā

iAsura_

The era of 9/11 now officially over. And we are back to pre 9/11 era of death by sugar in West. They would get hugely aggressive against Eastern ways in

Pitchfork Cosmonaut

pitchforkcosmo

A good way to understand social democracy (left liberalism/Butskellism/welfare capitalism/Keynesianism/reformism – also often disguises itself as ‘democratic socialism’) is through the Fabian Society, which has always been a dominant

Senator Megan Hunt 😷

NebraskaMegan

I will say what needs to be said about @SenSasse, from the great state of Nebraska. Senator Sasse is all hat and no cattle. He talks about American ideals of

Stephen Reicher

ReicherStephen

The bottom line of the A level algorithm is very simple: it was designed to ensure that some children in deprived schools must fail. It didn't matter who, but some

Sanchita Balachandran

Sanchita_writes

With all the calls for diversity work in predominantly white institutions, I quote @andersonpaak: "I'm glad that you finally made it to the future but you're late/And the price is

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