My single greatest academic experience was having the brilliance of the Greek tragedies opened to me as a freshman by a young asst prof named Frederic Jameson. I know about his subsequent career. He was a fantastic teacher, and he passionately loved great writing.

I'm not made angry by this ad. Just bemused at Silicon Valley's tin ear. Maybe the folk wisdom about autism and Silicon Valley is not entirely unwarranted.

Jonatan, surely you know there is no such thing as a cognitive elite. That IQ has had nothing to do with the polarization of political and social dynamics over the last half century. Show Prof. Rutherford a little respect.

Impressive footage from a doorbell camera capturing the tornado that hit Portage, Michigan on May 7, 2024.

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Dartmouth's student government held an open 'no confidence' vote on the president's handling of campus protests. It passed (no confidence) 13-2 (with 3 abstensions).

Then they repeated with a secret ballot. It failed 8-9 (2 abstensions).

thedartmouth.com/article/2024/0…

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Fact check: True.

This kind of thing has torn the country apart. Past tense.

Move toward parody. Arrive at parody. Now continue your journey, moving beyond parody. Make a right back toward self-parody. Once arriving at self-parody, continue until you are beyond self-parody. You will then shortly arrive at your destination.

This happened with my mother many months before her death when some of her grandchildren were present (sadly, I wasn't). It was a great blessing. Among other things, it let her loved ones know that Grandma was still in there after the lucid moment had passed.…

Historic Vids Colorized footage of what the world looked like around 100 years ago

She's a journalist. Big-time CNN correspondent, or used to be. And she has not the slightest clue about the beliefs of half of America.

Unscientific American
city-journal.org/article/unscie…

Your appraisal?

Applying Bill Buckley's famous statement, the Phd is Harvard faculty and the plumber is one of the first 3,000 people in the Boston phonebook.