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Why Donald Trump is so threatened by Pope Leo He always knew the Church, unlike law firms, media orgs or universities, would stand up to him

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Opinion | Why Netflix chose this specific moment to “uncancel” Louis C.K. He’s back! Then again, Louis C.K. was never really gone.

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James Talarico, Man for a Different Moment? | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera Earlier this month, in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat from Texas, 36-year-old state representative James Talarico defeated congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. Among liberals, his victory ...

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The new Ayatollah’s use of the gender neutral term “Great Satanx” could cost him support among working class Iranians.

Higher Ed 101: Tenure Explained YouTube video by Future U. Podcast

Long, thorough interview with Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn of Future U. about the history of tenure and its grim future

Some background at:
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The 'Hymietown' affair degraded Black-Jewish relations. Jesse Jackson wasn't the real culprit Louis Farrakhan's entry into the fray marked the real point of deterioration

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This is a super article if you have access to the Chronicle through your library. Thanks to @jberlinerblau.bsky.social & Jessica Roda for this thoughtful analysis of identity & scholarship, particularly in the Association for Jewish Studies.

Scholarly Associations Are Becoming Identity Battlegrounds Beware the benighted lure of tribalism.

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Season 1 of "I Love LA" Wraps Up Beware the Girlboss, beware your iPhone

I like "I Love LA," I like it a lot! The final NY episode was, tonally speaking, different. My latest on substack #ILoveLA

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Columbia University? The Columbia Task Force on Anti-Semitism's Recent Report

Some thoughts on The Columbia University Task Force on Antisemitism's recent report, Michel Foucault, and everything that ails us as scholars

University actions in Indiana and Texas should worry speech advocates everywhere Statehouses are replacing faculty senates as the body that crafts policies about strictly academic concerns.

Conservatives are attacking public universities across the US. But their bombardment of higher education spreads well beyond the Deep South.

What did Pope Leo mean by ‘healthy secularism’? Catholics, Leo suggests, should neither attempt to dominate the political sphere nor separate themselves from it.

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Opinion | The lingering concern after Jimmy Kimmel's return Perhaps that’s because this entire situation is fundamentally unfunny.

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