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Falling in Love on the Back of a Motorcycle
My whole life, I’ve wanted to feel what it’s like to fly. This is the closest I’ve come.
Agnes Callard
Why This Israeli Dance Professor Is Suing Berkeley
Yael Nativ alleges the school admitted to discriminating against her, promised to take action, and then went silent.
Jillian Lederman
What Justice Scalia Taught Me
If students can’t defend dissent in law school, how will they defend justice in court?
Danielle Sassoon
The Confederacy Is Great Again at This Texas School
Robert E. Lee High School ditched its name in 2020. The school board just voted to reverse the decision. People in the community are baffled.
Carrie McKean
The Presidential Fitness Test Was Humbling. I’m Glad It’s Back.
It’s good to teach kids that if you work hard, you can get stronger.
Kat Rosenfield
Abigail Shrier: Stop Asking Kids If They’re Depressed
Children are wildly suggestible. Ask repeatedly if she might be mentally ill—and she just might decide that she is.
Abigail Shrier
Palmer Luckey: I Saw the Future of War. Now It’s Up to Us to Prepare for It.
Technology is now the greatest battlefield advantage. It’s time for Taiwan—and a new generation of innovators—to heed the call to build.
Palmer Luckey
Ancient Wisdom: My Second Act Gave Me a Second Life
When an editor called to ask if I could have lunch with Claire Danes for a story, I declined. I’m a teacher now, I said.
Peter Richmond
EXCLUSIVE: Too Little, Too Late, Harvard Is Told About Its Response to Antisemitism Claims
After months of negotiations, the Trump administration tells Harvard that it could face a civil-rights lawsuit.
Jonas Du
Exclusive: Princeton Student Accused of Assault at Pro-Palestine Protest Sues for ‘Incredible Betrayal’
After filming chaos on campus, the student was allegedly shoved down the stairs by Princeton’s public safety chief and wound up in the hospital.
Frannie Block and Maya Sulkin
The Man Pushing 100
Jack Miller on success in America, charity at scale, and his biggest regret.
Suzy Weiss
27M
Things Worth Remembering: Why the Critics Got Billy Joel Wrong
Rock critics have never warmed to Billy Joel. But ask Paul McCartney or Bruce Springsteen and they’ll tell you: He’s one of the greats.
Eli Lake
Behind the $221 Million Columbia Antisemitism Deal
Hundreds of Jewish faculty, staff, and students, plus two janitors held hostage by protesters, will get payouts: ‘We’ll be watching you.’
Maya Sulkin and Frannie Block
Reagan’s Secretary of Education Joins Qatar’s Payroll
Qatar isn’t backing down in the face of scrutiny. It’s doubling down—on lobbying and American higher education.
Frannie Block
Jed Rubenfeld: The Supreme Court Flubs a Pro-Trump Ruling
An order from the high court allowing the Trump administration to fire Department of Education employees leaves more questions than answers.
Jed Rubenfeld
How to Save Higher Ed—and End the Serial Abuse of American Taxpayers
The American people have been enormously generous to our universities. It is time for schools to honor their end of the bargain.
Christopher F. Rufo
How to Have a Happy Retirement
Coming to terms with being alone is crucial. Solitude is an older person’s need, something that has to be built into a day like all the other…
Gerald Marzorati
How Do You Fix Schools? Teachers Union Says Stop Trump, ICE, and Fascism
The NEA’s president had a lot to say at its annual convention about ‘action that liberates.’ Some union members wanted to hear more about education.
Maya Sulkin
Israeli Researcher Says Stanford Shunned and Sabotaged Him After Hamas Attack
Shay Laps alleges in a lawsuit that his lab results were tampered with and an investigation of him was fabricated.
Maya Sulkin
Is Anyone a Genius?
Helen Lewis on why she thinks genius is a right-wing idea, how Silicon Valley came to fetishize IQ, and why we crave prophets in a godless age.
Bari Weiss
1HR 25M
The Secret of Good Grandparenting
Let your children be the parents they want to be, not the parents you want them to be.
Julie Rose
Suzy Weiss: Admit It, Being an Adult Is Hard
I’m about to turn 30, so I went to an ‘adulting’ class. Plus: Dating apps were never a good idea.
Suzy Weiss
This Week in Canada: The Reeducation of Jordan Peterson
Canada is getting soft on crime, signs of a Trump-Carney bromance at the G7, and much more. Brought to you by Rupa Subramanya.
Rupa Subramanya
I Taught My Students the ‘Iliad.’ Then They Went to War.
Ancient war stories become startlingly modern in classrooms filled with soldiers returning from battle.
Ido Hevroni
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