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Posts by Richard A Bailey
Now, that’s transformational and might well lead to the actual flourishing of students, faculty, and instituions.
Or, we can all do what everyone else does. And wonder why nothing changes.
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“We aim to disrupt things by caring about the meaningful educational work of the humanities and liberal arts. In a world where everyone wants to focus on careers, we’re committed to training people to be good citizens and humans.”
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With all the talk about being “disruptive,” everyone keeps doing the same thing. Just once, I’d love to see leaders of an institution or three (maybe my own) say
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Looks like it’s time to share another post. And it’s a good one. Please share it widely so I can have one (and maybe two) new colleagues.
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Take the time to read and listen to these words from Brooks Lamb. Then pick up his book, too. You (and your grasp of some of the issues facing small farmers) will be better from engaging both.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/o...
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Reversing “part of a far-reaching effort by the Trump administration to rewrite American history along ideological lines at national monuments and parks across the country.” For now, at least.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
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Evoking “an inspiring and hopeful lineage” from a pejorative, Hannah-Jones offers valuable reflections here.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...
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Lots of thanks to Michael Oberg for sharing this thoughtful essay—especially at a time when so many of our respective institutions, their leaders, and trustees need to figure out what we are and maybe what we want to be. If we want to continue to be, that is.
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“There may be plenty of good reasons to despair over the present. The…classroom should not be one of them.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Please join us!
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Thr original name certainly rolls off my tongue often (and more naturally tbh). So, I definitely understand. And I sure hope your alumni friends will join us.
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Alright, friends, it’s time! Make plans now to join us on March 26 in the Montante Cultural Center at Canisius University for this year’s installment of the Fitzpatrick Lecture Series when Tom Nichols joins us for an important and timely conversation.
I look forward to seeing you there.
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As I approach two years since dad’s death, I return again to Wendell Berry’s “Fidelity,” the short story I read a few days before he died and a year ago (and likely every year to come). If you haven’t read it, by the book of that title. Every story in it is good. And this one is, well, transcendent.
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While the essay’s title (naming fascism) doesn’t completely align with its argument (naming a fascist), there is much to consider in this thinking toward a definition.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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“Americans who support liberal democracy need to recognize what we’re dealing with in order to cope with it, and to recognize something, one must name it.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Meeting up with a meat and three on Meeting Street.
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Nothing to see here. Literally nothing.
While this move isn’t the worst or stupidest thing we’ve seen (or not seen) in the last year or so, it sure is bad and stupid. At least in the opinion of this historian or race and slavery in America.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
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Char ‘em if you got ‘em. Or not.
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Sometimes you gotta check out super cool places. Marsh Hen Mill is such a place. I was blown away seeing their work today. I’ve been enjoying the labors of these folks for years. Now, I’m even more in awe of those labors.
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Another flight. Another Benjamin. This time the essay that prompted the title of last flight’s book.
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More exploring what one can do with stories
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Gipe shared the first one with a lot of us a month and a half or so ago when I spent a weekend with lots of good folks celebrating the life and legacy of Gurney Norman. In the second one, Hubert offers his own unique reminder that I ought to be writing and not fiddle-farting around.
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While it might take another few days before I get those new beauties situated in my office (and I’ll share them there too), I’m so very glad to have these two Robert Gipe pieces.
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Feel free to use whatever gymnastics you like to explain these comments. But while doing so and telling everyone who will listen about your black friends, please know that they are gymnastics and what we should simply say is that such thinking and talking is wrong.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
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A little Hobbes this Sunday morning—without Calvin, but with a little Locke and Jefferson.
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