Category Archives: Education

The University

Why I’m leaving it.”

Something is going to have to give.

[Wednesday-morning update]

The Biden administration advances “sweeping” reforms of the federal student-loan program.

The only “sweeping” reform I want to see is to sweep it clean, and eliminate it.

[Update mid morning]

I mentioned this in comments, but wages have dropped for professors.

Constitutional Visions

There are two fundamentally irreconcilable ones.

The lack of any mention of the Constitution in the dissents seemed glaring to me, too. This court is finally returning us to a constitutional order.

[Update a few minutes later]

On this Independence Day (as on all Independence Days), take a break from the partying to read the Declaration aloud. It’s not just about barbecue, beer, and fireworks.

[Noon update]

First came rights, then came a government to secure those rights.