Sam Crane

Postliberalism requires lies to rationalize monarchal/autocratic power.

Postliberal national conservatism at work.

Or because media assume white people do not engage in “identity politics,” when in fact whites have always done so.

So, I guess Eugene O’Neill is out.

cui bono?

The thing is: after Hegseth’s drivel and Trump’s rant, some of those generals at some point in the near future are going to have to stand up and say they will not obey an illegal order.

Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.

Here’s what affirmative action for conservatives gets you.

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OMG

Trump will speak at a hastily-called meeting of top military leaders, AP source says President Donald Trump will speak at a hastily-called meeting of top military leaders on Tuesday, according to a White House official.

Maybe he’s going to pull a Kim Jung Un move and call out a bunch of them to be taken out and shot.

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There's a fair chance Xi will get this from US. Trump and his cronies are diplomatically incompetent and likely do not appreciate how shifting this language bolsters the PRC. If this does happen, it wouldn't signal an imminent PRC attack, just slow and steady erosion of US position v. Taiwan.

What's your sign

Age yourself with a film you saw in a cinema as a kid.

The continuing PRC-ization of the US.

NEWS: US Secretary of War Hegseth summons top military leaders for Party study session on Donald Trump Thought.

Great piece.
And Mencius agrees that shame is good:

"Mencius said, 'The sense of shame is of great importance to a person. One who is adept at clever schemes has no use for shame. If he is not ashamed that he is not like other people, how can he become their equal?'"

Mencius 7A7 - Bloom, trans.

Remembering Jerome A. Cohen: Field Builder, Rights Advocate, and Mentor — U.S.-Asia Law Institute Jerome A. Cohen, professor emeritus of law at New York University and founding director of the law school’s U.S.-Asia Law Institute, who passed away on September 22, 2025, introduced the study of Chin...

A giant has passed.
May his memory be a blessing.

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How I Learned to Stop Teaching and Love AI Like a fool, I used to resist, but no more. In the past, I railed against the rise of AI. I preached small-minded sermons to students who had to si...

From my colleague Brian Michael Murphy.

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...

Oh.

Trumpist transactionalism trounces Taiwan.

Respectfully disagree: 1) in fact it is unusual for a democracy w/ this level of GDP to turn authoritarian & so quickly; 2) the weakness of both institutions (congress & courts) and individuals (Schumer etc) is shocking. Would take less than 10 people in congress or 2 SC justices to stop all this.

Mine is Zhuangzi and Huizi debating the happiness of fish.

Zhuangzi and Huizi on the bridge over the Hao River debating the happiness of fish.

You recognize mine but I don’t recognize yours.

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky

"The work of suppressing counter-revolutionaries must be placed entirely under the unified leadership of the Party committees at all levels, and the responsible comrades of all public security and other organs associated with this work must....unreservedly accept this leadership."

- Mao Zedong

"The question of suppressing counterrevolutionaries is one of a struggle between us and the enemy, a contradiction between us and the enemy."

- Mao Zedong

The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

British Museum has this covered.

Faster please

Postliberalism strikes again.