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Screenshot of the abstract for "Preserving Rural School Districts from the Threat of Vouchers and Charters." This article will appear in Idaho Law Review.

New publication:

Preserving Rural School Districts from the Threat of Vouchers and Charters (forthcoming, Idaho Law Review)

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Cuomosexuals in shambles lmao

College Board Cancels Tool for Finding Low-Income High Achievers

Conservatives across racial lines have long argued for class-based affirmative action and “high achieving/low income” described the one group of Black and Brown kids elites were willing to help and welcome to elite campuses. Now, that path is also blocked, at least for now.

Adams is polling at like 7-8 percent. His dropping out is not really impactful, right?

Apply!!!! “The Cornell Department of Literatures in English and the Society for the Humanities seek a two-year Mellon Postdoc Fellow for 2026-28. We aim to recruit a candidate specializing in African American literature and culture in any historical period.” academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30459

He will definitely make sure Minn is redistricted if called upon to do so, I think.

I think a major factor in so many people being kind of blasé or in denial about ~all this~ is that they’ve been waiting to be given some sort of paternal-ish permission to start freaking out.

So, here ya go. Here’s the permission.

Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.

I mean, Sanders is a socialist so that makes some sense on his part. But these megacapitalists thinking it’s a great idea is sort of a head scratcher to me.

Love it. Hope the dem political machine is of a mind to listen.

Micro schools are one of the fastest growing segments of the education sector. In the U.S., education looks different depending on geography. The highly literate and educated are breaking off and doing their own thing. I wrote a book about why: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721962...

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This guy is trying to get a Nobel Peace Prize? When he's bringing war to the American people? He sent the United States Marines into the United States of America."

My department at Princeton is hiring an assistant professor specializing in the study of early Christianity. First round materials are cover letter, cv, and writing sample. Letters will be requested for later stages. Deadline: September 30, 2025.

I poked around for a more in-depth read about this and found this:
thebsdetector.substack.com/p/ai-materia...

I didn’t know until now that in the original Rosie the Riveter painting, she is crushing a copy of Mein Kampf under her foot. Happy feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering all the women who crush the serpents of Satan under their heel.

Exclusive | Rep. Hakeem Jeffries pays just $200 in property taxes thanks to sweetheart subsidy law Public records show that Jeffries and his family reside in a condo unit in Prospect Heights, paying just $213 a year in property taxes.

Since @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is so concerned about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social housing maybe he should address his own property tax bill of just $213 a year thanks to a sweetheart deal he supported when he served in the state Assembly that will last through 2032. nypost.com/2022/01/23/r...

My current theory is enough powerful people prefer bigger share of a smaller pie to make this stable. And since the nature of capitalism is that it concentrates economic power in a relatively few people if that segment are on board such a conspiracy against the public can be sustained for some time!

n fiscal year 2024, the University of Chicago had revenues of $3.027 billion. Why not teach undergraduates according to its historic standards? Why decimate the humanities? Why "pause" doctoral education in fields that do not concern North America? Why disdain everything not written in English or which occurred before the modern world? Not because they need to; not because they are forced to. These are simply the expressed preferences of the University of Chicago's leaders and trustees. Its rank is declining; its endowment is shrinking; its investments in programs and start-ups are questionable. They are succeeding only in destroying a great American university.

Concluding paragraph:

The Crisis of the University Started Long Before Trump The University of Chicago is in crisis. Under extraordinary financial strain, it has diminished its faculty-student ratio and hired hundreds of “lecturers”: teachers whom it pays little and whom it do...

A great read on UChicago, arguing we’re seeing the result of decades of mismanagement: “The university’s trustees and leaders view it preeminently as a tax-free technology incubator, and its debt load is so great that it is abandoning ideals it once held dear in order to sustain that goal.”

holy cow, it’s always important to track universities’ institutional debt, but this stat is wild: 85% of undergrad students’ tuition going to service debt at U Chicago

Whatever they were doing with their money was a financial catastrophe for them. It’s not just their endowment that’s at risk. It’s the whole institution at this point.

It’s true. “Data Driven” became their mantra and big data the supposed answer to every question. This era also made dens very, very wealthy. “How the Democrats Became the Party That Brings Pencils to a Knife Fight” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/m...

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The Division of Humanities, Social Sciences, Media & Arts (HSSMA) invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Morehouse College. Candidates should be trained in the area of American politics, with a specialization in public law, and should be prepared to teach courses in constitutional law, race and law, and civil liberties. Responsibilities include teaching courses (a 2-3 load); advising and mentoring students; executing administrative duties related to the pre-law program; developing and maintaining a scholarly research and publication agenda; and service to the department, the HSSMA Division and the College. We also encourage faculty to be active in soliciting external funding through grants and other sources. We are looking for someone who thinks creatively about their teaching, engages in scholarship, and can be committed to the mission of Morehouse College—to develop men with disciplined minds who lead lives of leadership and service by emphasizing the intellectual and character development of its students and by assuming a special responsibility for teaching the history and culture of Black people. The Political Science department offers a broad range of courses, including majors in Urban Studies and International Studies. Applicants should have experience teaching political science concepts to a diverse group of students including non-majors. We welcome candidates who can develop innovative first-year experience (FYE) courses for our general education program. Questions may be directed to the Department Chair at pscfacultysearch@morehouse.edu

My department at Morehouse is hiring. If you study race, law, and American politics and want a tenure-track job at a place that will support your work better than most, please apply.

morehouse.peopleadmin.com/postings/12898

potential disaster

White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions

"The review, which will begin with eight of the Smithsonian’s 21 museums, is the latest attempt by President Trump to try to impose his will on the Smithsonian, which has traditionally operated as an independent institution that regards itself outside the purview of the executive branch."

They seem like representatives from the Island of Broken Toys.