Category: Wisdom
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Every semester, I hear some version of the same question from students, parents, or policymakers: “Why should I have to take biology if I’m not going to be a doctor?” or “Why do students need electives in college that have nothing to do with their major?” On the surface, these seem like practical questions. College is expensive. Time…
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When I was in high school, I served as editor and associate editor of our newspaper, The Acadia. We were a small but mighty team, but we believed deeply in the power of student journalism. We worked late into the night, debated headlines, and cared about every word we printed. We took on both sides of…
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I often hear now, “Hey, you’re that guy from LinkedIn.” Which, depending on the tone, can sound like either a compliment or a warning. Over the past eight months, people have stopped me in the most unexpected places, on the street during homecoming weekend in Ann Arbor, on the waterfront in San Juan, between conference…
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Donald Trump wants to send troops to Oregon, California, and Illinois to quell an imaginary rebellion that he claims gives him legal justification to deploy the military on American soil. Speaking to the press, he has invoked the language of the Insurrection Act of 1807, attempting to sidestep the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, the…
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The American republic has long claimed to be a guardian of the rule of law. A nation that, imperfectly but sincerely, places due process and judicial oversight at the center of its claim to legitimacy. Yet in recent months the United States government has moved very publicly in a different direction: administering lethal force in…
Cloaking Inequity 