Caleb Carter

Opinion | I’m Not the Person You’d Expect to Oppose a Ban on Transgender Troops

“The meek compliance of military leadership with the ban sends a chilling message to all service members — namely, that our ranks are open only to those who fit a specific ideological mold, regardless of their ability to serve.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/o...

No regrets on missing this for the No Kings Boston Pride parade

Sad man!

the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president

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Who’s that?

ICE arrested an Albuquerque man. He ended up in the hospital. Now no one knows where he is. • Source New Mexico Last Saturday around 8 a.m., as she followed her husband to a mechanic in Albuquerque’s South Valley, Daniela Marina Diaz-Ortiz says she and her 5-year-old daughter watched, terrified, as federal immi...

ICE arrested an Albuquerque man. He ended up in the hospital. Now no one knows where he is. sourcenm.com/2025/06/11/i...

Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference (Gift Article) The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.

Another cornerstone of American education and research severely damaged. I benefited from a Fulbright grant in 2012 that allowed me to research and later write a book about mountain religion in Japan. So much will be lost in knowledge production and international ties www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

This is a look at intersections between Shugendō and tourism, mostly contemporary but with some historical context and thinking about religion and tourism is useful. It owes to the work of Yamanaka Hiroshi, who graciously responded to the presented version.

2023年に星野靖二先生と平藤喜久子先生が私を國學院大學でのシンポジウム「見られることで何が変わるのか--ツーリズムと宗教文化」に招待下さいました。なかなか魅力的なテーマで、やはりそれぞれの発表は大変面白かったです。
今月その報告書が出ました：https://k-rain.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2001633
その中で私は修験道の事例を上げ、どのようにツーリズムと交錯しているのかを考慮しました。⬇️
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Opinion | Did One of My Students Hate Me Enough to Lie to Get Me in Trouble?

A courageous guest essay. Intimidation of faculty and threats to academic freedom should concern all Americans.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/o...

Good news! How the f*** did it get that far in the first place... And what happens next?

Good for them!

Wow. Pillaged land, pillaged relics.

Alleged relics of the Buddha up for auction at Sotheby's dating back to Asoka's era, if not earlier. These are priceless to Buddhist communities across Asia, not to mention world cultural heritage. Looted by British colonialists, now going to the highest bidder...

www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...

Museums Sustain Unprecedented Assault in Trump's First 100 Days In the 100 days since president Donald Trump was inaugurated, he has launched an unprecedented assault on museums their funding structures.

We’re not going to change our history. #ScrubNothing

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Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands (Gift Article) Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions and report international students who broke rules, among other steps. Harvard called the demands unlawful.

Go Harvard! This is what every university needs to be doing.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...

SAVE THE PENGUINS.
STOP TRUMP’S TARIFFS.

Arlington, MA #HandsOff

The time for only shock, dismay, and despair is over. It’s time to get out in the streets. This Saturday.

As Republicans Target Colleges, Harvard Cower Harvard, the wealthiest school in the world, sought compromise amid pressure to do more to combat antisemitism. The Trump administration is examining its funding anyway.

As we slide toward autocracy, isn’t that $50 billion endowment meant to give you a buffer of independence? Use it. Stand up not just for Harvard but for our entire university system.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...

#HandsOff #April5 #rally #protest This is for everyone! Hands Off: Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Veterans, Education, National Parks, Federal Workers, Unions, the Environment, the Post Office and more! #Boston #NYC #DC #MoveOn #Indivisible #DemCast #SEIU #CWA

there's a rally near tufts today for any boston area people. i'd be there if i could

Shouldn’t faculty everywhere be out in the streets protesting in support of Columbia, academic freedom, and freedom of speech?

Opinion | Don’t Like What Trump Is Doing? You Have More Power Than You Think. (Gift Article) Church-led campaigns against businesses for retreating from D.E.I. promises are a form of pastoral ministry for those who feel ignored or forgotten.

Inspired by this essay to do more than short-term boycotts (which are just symbolic if you return). Where are the boycott lists covering which companies to avoid and which to support on diversity issues? So far, I’ve switched from Whole Foods to Trader Joe’s 🛒

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...

along with everything else

If you're an early bird at the Association of Asian Studies this year, come visit us on Thursday eve! There's something for scholars of religious studies, art history, anthropology, and environmental history. And oh yes, mountain lovers. #AAS2025