Scott J. Lawson April 27, 2025 Our free and open society is built on flourishing conversations – From the dinner table to the barber shop, from the debate stage to the legislative chambers, we talk. From cultural issues to policy proposals, from hobbies to warfare, we talk. The layman, the learner, the specialist, the pundit, […]| Brass Tacks Politics
by Paolo Amorosa & Sebastián Machado Most law professors face a similar challenge when designing their courses: how to explain to students the enduring gap between what the law says and how it functions in reality. One of the foundational … Continue reading →| SRHE Blog
Opinions Managing Editors Jennifer Levine and Zach Gottlieb discuss the importance of a newspaper's Opinions section in the modern day and the importance of fostering productive, open discourse. The post Do we need an Opinions section? appeared first on The Stanford Daily.| The Stanford Daily
President Richard Saller and Provost Jenny Martinez's Wednesday statement comes shortly after a letter from faculty calling on the administration to condemn the attacks.| The Stanford Daily
Tribute art tells us that art isn’t just something to be preserved but something that is deliberately made alive, passed down, transformed and subject to newer interpretations.| Random Specific Thoughts
Next month, AMC+ is premiering a new series about furries that tracked down sexual abusers hiding within the furry fandom. It’s called, The Furry Detectives: Unmasking A Monster. You can watc…| Dhole Moments
The way teachers talk about other subjects and about education in general matters. Words carry both direct and indirect meanings, and students often pick up on both of them. Being... The post The Danger of Saying, “I Don’t Do Math” appeared first on Reading and Writing Haven.| Reading and Writing Haven
Content Warning: This blog post talks about adult themes and sexuality. If you’re under 18, sit this one out. If you’ve been around the furry fandom for a while, you will notice that di…| Dhole Moments
Complaining about discord and spinning up yet-another-community.| Aboleth Overlords
Abstract Higher education is under assault in the United States. Tracking authoritarian movements across the globe, domestic attacks on individual professors and academic institutions buttress a broader campaign to undermine multiracial democracy and the institutions that sustain and safeguard it. Reflecting on the past academic year, this essay charts the increasingly brazen right-wing efforts in […]| UCLA Law Review
It’s still early, but I’m working on a service that I think will combine the best parts of mailing lists with the simplicity Facebook/Slack/etc. Even better, I think I can offer this service at no cost to smaller groups. If you’d like to help me test this idea, please visit Build Civitas, which is in very early beta.| Jon Quixote
Currently there are 2½ viable desktop operating systems (OS) for personal computers:| Jon Quixote
