Damn, this is terrific.

The College Affordability Crisis is Real, but the Media is Looking at the Wrong Schools Sturges Hall (Photo by Keith Walters ’11) Opinion By Costas Solomou, Vice President, Enrollment Management Published by the Office of Enrollment Management When Yale University released its Committee ...

Skip the article about/from the employees of the Yale corporation and read this from SUNY Geneseo

www.geneseo.edu/enrollment-m...

If universities won’t agree to hire more conservatives, I’m going to become an even bigger opponent of DEI

Prediction: When the nihilist know-nothings in this culture come for the Humanities, they will be wearing the cloak of Compliance.

1) Influential right-wing figures say "they're the enemy, hate them" using lies, cherry-picks, and exaggerations

2) Followers believe them, get increasingly riled up

3) "The people don't trust the institutions, it's the institutions' fault"

4) Repeat 1

Worked on elections, higher ed, and more.

People need to step back on this Yale report on mistrust in higher education. It is a report on public opinion that does not actually engage in any public opinion research. Rather, they talked to a bunch of elites with strong opinions about higher education.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/u...

Cash-strapped DePaul closes the curtain on Downtown’s historic Reskin Theatre The landmarked 1,400-seat Beaux-Arts playhouse was designed by Benjamin H. Marshall, one of Chicago's preeminent architects.

I know this may sound crazy, but just maybe DePaul shouldn't have bought the whole damn CNA building when they were just looking for four classrooms. Oh, that's right, the University President's wife was the real estate broker in both sides of that deal.....
chicago.suntimes.com/architecture...

Shakespeare's 'missing' London house mapped with new discovery | King's College London The exact location of William Shakespeare’s only London property can now be pinpointed to a quiet Blackfriars street, thanks to the discovery of a previously unknown floorplan.

Very cool. With lovely video.

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/shakesp...

I put a like on your porch for this post.

How is TJ Maxx not getting in on "looksmaxxing," riding it hard for a fiscal quarter of advertising campaign, then walking away with the satisfaction of having murdered the trend.

Jared Gelded

ICE agent who allegedly pointed gun at another car on Highway 62 charged with felony assault Prosecutors in Hennepin County are bringing felony assault charges against a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in connection with a February incident on Highway 62.

Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke is worse than useless.

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ICE agent charged with two felonies for pointing his gun at motorists during Operation Metro Surge Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said a nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the surge.

A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.

OK, yikes.

Fingers crossed something good emerges from it.

Virtue Cider closes farm, brand to continue on - Beer Street Journal Virtue Cider closes their Fennville, Michigan farm cidery location in an announcement by founder Greg Holl this week.

Oh, I thought Hall bought it all back in 2023. Hmm.

beerstreetjournal.com/virtue-cider...

"Hey, careful, there's a beverage here!"

Yep, just read the stories.

Very sad about both. Terrific spaces & people.

Hope Virtue finds a partner to reopen the farm!

WHAT?

No. Say it ain't so.

4 Months Into the Year, Chicago Has Spent at Least $175.6M to Resolve Police Misconduct Lawsuits The city’s 2026 budget set aside just $82.5 million for police misconduct settlements, and authorized officials to borrow an additional $283.3 million to cover the soaring cost of lawsuits alleging wr...

FULL STORY: Just four months into the year, Chicago has spent more than $175.6 million to resolve approximately 200 lawsuits alleging Chicago police officers committed a wide range of misconduct, according to an analysis of city data by @wttw.bsky.social
news.wttw.com/2026/04/15/4...

This is terrific. Read this interview about a project of historical research into slave labor in the SC lowcountry.

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-southern-w...

1. Fake outrage.

2. Make junk.

3. PROFIT

AIPAC-funded super PAC was behind ad blitz, records show - Evanston Now Confirms months of reporting about AIPAC's quiet involvement on behalf of State Sen. Fine.

Funded in large part by Elect Chicago Women super PAC, which was AIPAC's shell group in #IL09, and the same group of donors that helped fund that dark money super PAC

(Also ran ads against Junaid Ahmed in IL8)

Background:
evanstonnow.com/aipac-funded...

Ya don't say.

Amtrak just issued an RFP for new long distance trains!

800+ new long-distance railcars—the largest order in their history. Modernizing 14 iconic routes for a new generation of explorers!

media.amtrak.com/2026/04/amtr...

This is really good. Strong work by the authors, and model for the kinds of awareness raising and advocacy (for our students, for real education) all of us in higher ed can do on our campuses.

First poster for Coyote vs Acme starring Will Forte, Lana Condor and John Cena 👀

In theaters August 28. Trailer drops next week.

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JUST IN: John Eastman, the conservative attorney who helped devise President Trump's last ditch strategy to overturn the 2020 presidential election, has officially been disbarred, per the California Supreme Court: