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Ethical Ambiguity in "The Teacher's Lounge" This past weekend, I was at a conference that featured several discussions about apology, forgiveness, and adult authority.

New blog post up: "Ethical Ambiguity in 'The Teacher's Lounge,'" about a wonderful movie I watched while at the Philosophy of Education Conference this weekend.

#Art
#education

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Opinion | What Happens When One Party Monopolizes Competence?

More of this reporting, please.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/o...

Ethical Ambiguity in "The Teacher's Lounge" This past weekend, I was at a conference that featured several discussions about apology, forgiveness, and adult authority.

New blog post up: "Ethical Ambiguity in 'The Teacher's Lounge,'" about a wonderful movie I watched while at the Philosophy of Education Conference this weekend.

#Art
#education

open.substack.com/pub/campbell...

Irises and Water-Lilies - 1914/1917
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11131

Hans Tegner, "The Sea Witch" (1900)

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Kamal Muhammad, "The House of Bijapur" (c. 1680)

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Kamal Muhammad, "The House of Bijapur" (c. 1680)

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Glade School (Stonycreek, PA, 1868)

(A little detour on my way to a conference...)

Alberto Sovino, "The Sleep of Eve" (1942)

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Glade School (Stonycreek, PA, 1868)

(A little detour on my way to a conference...)

Alberto Sovino, "The Sleep of Eve" (1942)

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"The ethical strain in postmodern thought is usually its emptiest gesture." --David Bentley Hart

Orphrey (Germany, c. 1400s)

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"The ethical strain in postmodern thought is usually its emptiest gesture." --David Bentley Hart

Orphrey (Germany, c. 1400s)

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The Moment When I (a Historian) Lost My Mind All the best Gothic novels feature diary entries about a descent into madness and horror. They are claustrophobic, unsettling, and unreliable, but if we are honest with ourselves, also pretty relatabl...

New blog post up: "The Moment When I (a Historian) Lost My Mind." More thoughts on the role of irrationality and horror in writing history.

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#history
#art
#education

America Is Weary of School Shootings. Can Prosecuting Parents Help?

This is more like it...
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

An Assertive Supreme Court Turns to Curbing State Courts

I often defend the Roberts Court against overheated accusations, but (although I otherwise agree with the reasoning in "Mirabelli") the use of the shadow docket, overruling state leg's/courts, preempting circuit courts, are major problems.
#education
#law
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

Charles Ethan Porter, "Sunflowers" (c. 1880s)

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America Is Weary of School Shootings. Can Prosecuting Parents Help?

This is more like it...
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

An Assertive Supreme Court Turns to Curbing State Courts

I often defend the Roberts Court against overheated accusations, but (although I otherwise agree with the reasoning in "Mirabelli") the use of the shadow docket, overruling state leg's/courts, preempting circuit courts, are major problems.
#education
#law
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

Romanticism and the Soul of Learning - Front Porch Republic Conservatives should reconsider the lessons of Romanticism.

www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/01/roma...

The Moment When I (a Historian) Lost My Mind All the best Gothic novels feature diary entries about a descent into madness and horror. They are claustrophobic, unsettling, and unreliable, but if we are honest with ourselves, also pretty relatabl...

New blog post up: "The Moment When I (a Historian) Lost My Mind." More thoughts on the role of irrationality and horror in writing history.

open.substack.com/pub/campbell...

#history
#art
#education

Charles Ethan Porter, "Sunflowers" (c. 1880s)

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Please, Supreme Court, don't double down on "Mahmoud." Please.

#education
#law

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Of Ice and Men. And Frogs. And Cats. And Minions.

Democratize art!

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/a...

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Please, Supreme Court, don't double down on "Mahmoud." Please.

#education
#law

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Pizza Pizza Daddy-O | Folkstreams PIZZA PIZZA DADDY-O (1967) looks at continuity and change in girl's playground games at a Los Angeles school.

I had never heard of this documentary, but I *love* this stuff! Children's playground rhymes as folk culture:

#Art
#education

www.folkstreams.net/films/pizza-...

Father’s Murder Conviction in School Attack Puts New Onus on Parents

Curious what others think of this, but the author should explain the legal principles beyond, "not as complicated as it might seem." Issues of vicarious liability/accessory/negligence w/ kids seem pretty complicated to me...

#education #law #edpolicy

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...