Alan Feinstein

YouTube video by Katie Couric The Racist Family Legacy of Elon Musk

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Beautiful photo!

Beautiful photo,

World map with all countries in green except for the United States, symbolizing U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization. Caption from '@IdiotBenevolent' says "The updated World Health Organization map is a sick joke."

The joke is on us.

Paper mills: the ‘cartel-like’ companies behind fraudulent scientific journals What is paper mill and how does it work?

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Thornstein Veblen, "The Theory of the Leisure Class" (1899)

"conspicuous consumption" updated to gestural silliness in 2024; defiant indifference to inequities of wealth, increasing poverty.

If tariffs are implemented, prices will rise. And then they will need someone to blame: and you had better believe that they won’t blame the people who implemented the tariffs.

"Bondi played a leading role in Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, pressing his false claims of voting fraud...
As Florida’s attorney general, Bondi faced widespread criticism for declining to prosecute one of Trump’s businesses, Trump University ... " <WaPo, 22xi

Trump names McMahon education secretary The former WWE executive has served on the board of Sacred Heart University since 2004 but has few other ties to higher ed.

Trump Picks McMahon as Education Secretary

The former WWE executive has served on the board of Sacred Heart University since 2004 but has few other ties to higher ed. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4eGHhTA

Harris’s Gaza Policy Was a Disaster on Every Level Palestine may not have swung the election one way or another. But Democrats unquestionably paid a high price for their refusal to hold Israel accountable.

Clearly, Gaza alone does not explain Trump's sweeping victory. But the evidence shows that Harris’ failure to break with Biden’s policy came with a political cost—one that was higher than many had expected.
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An Open Letter from the Other Side of the World to the 50.2 Percent of Americans Who Probably Won’t Read This and the 48.1 Percent Who Might Dear Americans, During your country’s recent presidential campaign, President-elect Trump spoke about the threat of climate change: “So they talk a...

"Please understand that your choices matter to the rest of us just as much or even more than they matter to you. We may not have your Walmarts or tater tots, your Statue of Liberty or Guantanamo Bay, but we do have oceans, and they are coming for us."

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong's sentencing of 45 activists. Beijing defends it Forty-five prominent activists in Hong Kong have been sentenced to up to 10 years in jail, sparking criticism from foreign governments and rights groups.

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong's sentencing of 45 activists. Beijing defends it

And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

Paradise Lost | Fintan O’Toole History repeats itself, the first time as hope, the second time as dread. In a preface to the 2002 reissue of her classic work on the fear of bodily

This is my essay on JFK Jr from Sept 2023
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"Misconduct will be only one of the challenges facing Dr Satryo in improving the quality of Indonesian higher education. The new minister might be helped by having fewer responsibilities than his predecessor, Go-Jek founder Nadiem Makarim, now that the education ministry has been divided into... "

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Narrator: the Wall Street Journal editorial board, the National Review and the New York Post appear to be surprised