Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig

  • A public university classroom is not a political campaign podium. A federal appeals court has just reminded Florida of that, and in doing so, reminded the country of something we should never have forgotten. This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit struck down the higher education provisions of Florida’s “Stop WOKE”…

    Florida Tried to Stop Woke. The First Amendment Stopped Florida.
  • What does courage mean in your own life if heroism does not arrive as a choice but as a crisis that drags you forward before you feel ready? That is the question that stayed with me after Project Hail Mary. Okay, okay. I am know I am late to the review, but they just released…

    Project Hail Mary: What If Your Hero Moment Has to Drag You First?
  • The warning signs are no longer theoretical. Schools are closing. Colleges are preparing layoffs. Faculty buyouts are spreading. Academic programs are disappearing. Dorm beds are sitting empty. Classrooms are thinning out. Tax revenue is weakening. State appropriations are uncertain. Consultants are being hired and paid millions to identify “efficiencies.” Boards are quietly discussing mergers and…

    The Education Hunger Games: Who Survives?
  • In American history, ‘socialism’ has been one of the most politically radioactive words in the nation’s vocabulary. Yet today, democratic socialists have become one of the most influential factions within the Democratic Party. American politics has a long history of insurgent movements that challenge the leadership of their own political parties before reshaping national debates.…

    America at 250: Is the Left Having Its Tea Party Moment?
  • Have you ever trusted someone to do what they said they would… only to discover that, when it mattered most, they didn’t? Now ask yourself the same question about an organization. When I was in elementary school, one of my teachers insisted on reading Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books to our class every afternoon…

    When the Wagons Circle

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