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AI is Killing the Web as We Know It

The incentives for creating quality content are diminishing by the day.

Some Disturbing Puzzle Pieces

Thinking about ideology in the Trump era.

Tuberville: Communist, Islamic Rats in Our Cities

The linguistic stylings and white supremacy of Tommy Tuberville.

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Trump DOE Attacks Columbia Accreditation

The administration’s war on higher ed has escalated.

It’s Always Been About the Bigotry

The renaming of the USNS Harvey Milk is a prominent illustration.

Stop Conflating Elite Schools with All Schools!

A plea to the mass media and anyone else who is guilty.

Trump’s West Point Graduation Speech

It was rather unusual.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosts a teleconference with NFL players Aaron Jones and Elijah Higgins during their visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Kuwait from the Pentagon, April 2, 2025. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosts a teleconference with NFL players Aaron Jones and Elijah Higgins during their visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Kuwait from the Pentagon, April 2, 2025.

DEI Dies at DOD

A series of orders impacting military education.

Trump to Gut Intelligence Agencies

Thousands of job cuts are envisioned.

What Anti-DEI Really Ends Up Meaning

A case from rural Alabama.

President Trump’s Foreign Policy Approach to Domestic Institutions

The Trump administration treats personally disfavored American institutions the way past administrations treated foreign adversaries. His goal is political submission.

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The War on Higher Ed

Elite American universities are surrending at an astonishing pace.

Preserving What is Good

Sad and strange circumstances have forced the Democratic party to become the conservative party now. It’s important to remind ourselves of what is good in our lives and what is worth defending. 

‘We Live in a Foreign Country Now’

A stark observation.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. delivers remarks during a transition ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 14, 2020. (U.S. Air Force/Eric Dietrich) Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. delivers remarks during a transition ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 14, 2020. (U.S. Air Force/Eric Dietrich)

Trump Purges Pentagon Leadership

Three members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been fired.

SaturTabs

Kristol on Trump’s Authoritarianism

An accurate description.

Trump’s Mind on Display After Plane Crash

Trump’s reaction to the air disaster is telling in a variety of ways.

Trump Testing Legal Limits

The courts will decide whether we have a President or a King.

Malicious Compliance With Radical Orders

Piling absurdity atop cruelty.

Fear and Loathing in DC

Federal workers are afraid and in the dark.

Trump and the Bishop

On Christian compassion (and hypocrisy) and a little bit of the Streisand Effect for good measure.

Trump’s DEI Ban

Agencies are quickly seeking to comply with the President’s order.

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan salutes the national ensign while embarking U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Calhoun (WMSL-759), April 20, 2024. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan salutes the national ensign while embarking U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Calhoun (WMSL-759), April 20, 2024.

Trump Fires Coast Guard Commandant

Another severe deviation from our norms.

A Reminder About Hitler Comparisons

And, more broadly, about the normalization of Trump

Hesgeth Flagged as White Nationalist

The man tabbed to lead the Defense Department was deemed an “insider threat.”

Meritocracy, Mediocrity, & DEI: SECDEF* Edition

There is no such thing as “the perfect candidate.”

Mike Waltz Next National Security Advisor

The Congressman and Green Beret colonel will head Trump’s national security team.

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A Status Quo Election

Our long national nightmare is not over.

Principal Resigns After Rankings Decline

What makes a good school good?

So, Is This What “Conservative” Academics Looks Like?

The New College of Florida invites a white supremacist to campus.

Post-Affirmative Action College Campuses

More data shows a more complicated picture.

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A Diversity Anecdote

It would be nice if it just happened without any help.

MIT After Affirmative Action

The predicted has happened.

SaturTabs

Media Double Standards

The soft bigotry of low expectations.

The Gender Wars

They’re apparently ongoing. Who knew?

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Additional Thoughts On “DEI” In Politics

Facts versus framing, with a little Mandela effect thrown in for good measure.

DEI Candidates

Is all diversity created equal?

Spies Unlike Us

Our natural instincts in hiring are wrong.

Indian Voters Rebuke Modi

The world’s largest democracy just became more democratic.

Biden’s Morehouse Speech

After weeks of protest, a solid effort.

Brown v. Board at 70

Seven decades after de jure segregation was outlawed, de facto segregation is alive and well.

President Joe Biden talks to reporters as he departs an event with attendees from the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting, Friday, January 20, 2023, in the East Room of the White House. President Joe Biden talks to reporters as he departs an event with attendees from the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting, Friday, January 20, 2023, in the East Room of the White House.

Stupid Index Tricks

The United States has less press freedom than 54 countries. Or does it?

When a Company is Bigger Than its Country

Novo Nordisk is worth more than home country’s Denmark annual GDP.

Is Our Problem a Lack of Public Virtue?

Are we betraying the Founders?