Freddie Freeman, #WorldSeries déjà vu.

Re 60% of Harvard College grades being A grades, it's surprising to me that the top of the class doesn't object to this. If an "A" just just means you're in the top 60%, then there's no way to get a distinguishing grade: You can't do better than just the average grade. I

These Harvard students…did not react well to the report on grade inflation: “The whole entire day, I was crying. I skipped classes on Monday, and I was just sobbing in bed because I felt like I try so hard in my classes, and my grades aren’t even the best. It just felt

Scenes from Southern France 🎞️

Many responses to this are about kids being *coddled*, but I also remember a fair amount of talk from professors and administrators during the 2020 era implying that standards, deadlines, expectations were a positive *injustice*—lots of comparisons to the carceral state, etc.

Newest members of Team Zissou just dropped 🦈

GAME 7 TOMORROW. #WORLDSERIES

I was mentally preparing myself for the most devastating ending possible at this point 😭

the exact moment dodgers scored 5-4 on sunset blvd echo park, los angeles

Linda Ronstadt on her way to sing the National Anthem in her satin Dodgers jacket in 1977

Dodger fans at Echo Park and Sunset

BACK-TO-BACK FOR THOSE THAT DIDN’T GET THE MESSAGE. 🏆

An underappreciated divide in pol sci is whether you think people have coherent objectives, and democracy is good because it advances them; or think public opinion is the dependent variable, and democracy is good because we can get voters to approve things we already like.

The rump KHive is unable to decide whether “traitor” George Clooney “threw Biden under the bus” (words of faith in their cult) bc he was opposed to Netanyahu or bc he secretly didn’t want Harris to be President. They’ll need to settle on one single collective delusion before 2028

Richard M. Re argues that U.S. legal culture is undergoing a “realignment,” as conservatives in power increasingly embrace judicial discretion while liberals out of power turn toward restraint.

My article "The Partisan Foundations of Attitudes Towards State Supreme Courts," co-authored with Eugenia Artabe and Lucia Lopez, is now available online at Political Research Quarterly (Political Research Quarterly). doi.org/10.1177/106591…

I’m sorry we are not watching the same show this is art

As a former professor, I couldn’t imagine singling out some of my students based on their race or ethnicity and specifically trying to make them uncomfortable. And then basically telling them they should feel that way. And then publishing about it. Insane.

do Democrats want straight men in the coalition not? everybody needs to grow up

The Blue Jays lost 3 games at home, buddy. You also had a chance to win a 18 inning game but couldn’t score. You don’t deserve anything other than runner up.