…private sector’s use of the bottom-up business approach directs what can be done to improve outcomes. Today’s two of America’s most successful corporations, Adobe Corporation and Dunkin’ Donuts, find that…
…inefficient company. On the one hand, they kept pressure on the banks: “If you don’t do as we say, we’ll let you fail like Lehman.” On the other hand, the…
…a spokesperson for “Columbia Apartheid-Divest,” is an illustrative case. In a video posted to X, James articulated his belief that “Zionists don’t deserve to live.” He entertained the idea of…
…and business? The answer is that we don’t. We can’t. If we did, human activity would be meaningless and would just make the world a more loathsome place. We don’t…
…How can I live virtuously? What makes for a just society? An updated Great Books curriculum should: Be designed for serious students. If you don’t like to read, it is…
…or time off. In any case, the younger generation, by and large, don’t see anything wrong with having our History offerings interlarded with courses on environmentalism, identity politics, transhumanism, intersectionality,…
…better phrased as a question of how humans will use AI to do their jobs. AI will handle highly repetitive tasks that don’t need creativity, but only in rare cases…
…means that colleges will have higher proportions of students who actually think they are cut out for college. The kids who don’t understand that a Pell Grant won’t be enough…
…least leave his house (albeit reluctantly) and go on escapades, confronting the world face-to-face, the former are tethered to their devices, forever oblivious to everything around them. They don’t have…
…him. It’s a less bloody affair. There’s a murder, but a king and two fathers excise Don Juan from the Hispanic world like a criminal or a tumor. Don Juan…
…dual role of seriously pursuing a degree and secondarily demonstrating their ballplaying prowess has gone from being tenuous to being almost completely fictitious. Therefore, why don’t we formally separate the…
…was that the people who produce, transport, and sell those products are the ones who will ensure their quality and make certain they don’t kill me. Indeed, they’re more likely…
…instructors in freshman English include lessons on the proper ways to quote, paraphrase and cite sources. Why? What is so wrong with plagiarism? We don’t punish actors for reciting their…
…are witnessing an AI deluge in and out of academia—no discipline will be untouched. The meaning of a college education requires a new template, and we don’t really know what…
…statue because it unwittingly redeems a racist country is absurd—if predictable. However, to argue that race and the institution of slavery don’t heavily influence the founding structures of the nation…
…polar bear habitats in the Arctic? We don’t know. Estimates of fecundity derived from fasting duration are themselves statistical inferences, with their own set of errors, as are models for…
…y poderosos lo disuadió (me dijo) de publicar sin miedo el poema.” So, the note twice intimates something that remains unspeakable in public. On the one hand, if we don’t…
…Sikkink of Notre Dame. The fundamentalist schools also don’t see the need for accreditation – a big priority for leaders in the movement – because it brings outside oversight and…
…time and work required to do well. Please don’t call me names. IV—You shall remember the Sabbath and keep it holy. I teach at a Christian university and encourage my…
…shattered knee to an Olympic athlete’s long COVID, was reminiscent of an old-time snake oil sales pitch. I don’t doubt that warmth can help heal us—after all, ice numbs and…
…everything, judging everything. Best to ignore that commentary. Don’t argue or resist, just ignore. Deprived of attention and interest, this voice gets quieter and quieter and eventually just shuts up.”…
…and again, but consultation, debate, and cooperation are the more normal and logical ways to deal with a shared problem. To be honest, we don’t even need that much nature….
…join the Union. Here are three important texts from the Spanish tradition that piqued Jefferson’s interest: Juan de Mariana’s Historia general de España (1592–95), Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quijote de…
…to resist the end of the republic; but life went on. The Metamorphoses are too long to assign easily in a class, and extracts don’t give the full sense of…
…they complain. “Belonging” is a major topic in Chapter 4. Someone may feel they don’t belong in an organization because of correctible customs—or because they really don’t belong, because of…
…South Sudan government has produced a sharp doubling of food prices. Don’t expect foreign investment to improve matters either: the State Department ranks South Sudan as one of the worst…
…the birds. Not to quibble, but I don’t know of any bird that howls in horror, but never mind: perhaps Milman’s silent spring will not be so silent after all….
…buy you a beer and toss you hollow consolation: “I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings.” These words don’t just deflect responsibility; they accurately reflect the fact that most of…
…to provide a supportive learning environment for its Black students.” Does this mean black students are not doing well? Is the problem the learning environment—or the students? The BLSA continues,…
…just a mask. Saving science is going to thrust science into some unaccustomed and uncomfortable places. If you don’t like, say, the governor of Florida signing legislation to zero out…