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Author Archives: Luke Ford
Ten Convenient Beliefs For American Leaders In Gender Affirming Care
Leaders in gender affirming care believe the evidence base supporting puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgical interventions for gender dysphoric youth is sufficiently robust to justify the clinical confidence with which these interventions have been recommended, the speed with which … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For Leaders Of American Medical Schools Under Civil Rights Investigation By The Trump Administration
Medical school leaders believe their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs represent evidence-based educational interventions that improve patient care outcomes for underserved populations rather than administrative infrastructure whose expansion was driven by institutional competition, legal risk management, donor signaling, and the … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For American Elite Journalists Now
Elite journalists believe their commitment to verification, editorial standards, and institutional accountability distinguishes their work from the podcasters, Substackers, and independent reporters who have captured their audience rather than reflecting the judgment of a credentialed class whose verification processes failed … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For Leaders At UCLA Now
UCLA’s leadership believes its position as a world-class public research university serving California’s diverse population represents a coherent institutional identity rather than an increasingly unstable combination of incompatible missions, serving underprepared first generation students while competing for Nobel laureates, maintaining … Continue reading
Which Experts Feel The Most Insecure Now?
Groups whose authority rests on institutional trust that has visibly eroded since 2020 feel the most insecure right now. Public health officials sit at the top of this list. The CDC and FDA’s credibility losses during COVID, the mask guidance … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For Yale English Department Faculty Now
Yale English faculty believe their department’s commitment to close reading as a foundational disciplinary practice represents a genuine intellectual standard that distinguishes serious literary scholarship from adjacent fields rather than a sacred value whose primary function is to stabilize the … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For Energy Experts Now
Stephen Turner’s convenient beliefs are firing on all cylinders among energy analysts, EIA forecasters, IEA consultants, Wall Street oil desks, and think-tank energy wonks right now. With the U.S.-Israeli campaign entering its second month, Iranian oil terminals hit, the Strait … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For FDD analysts now
Stephen Turner’s convenient beliefs are working overtime at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies right now. With the U.S.-Israeli campaign in month two, Khamenei gone, nuclear facilities bombed, the IRGC bleeding, and the regime still firing back with whatever missiles … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For Iran Experts Now
Stephen Turner’s “convenient beliefs” (aka good bad theories) are thriving in the Iran-watcher community right now. With the U.S.-Israeli air campaign in its second month, Khamenei dead, nuclear sites cratered, the economy in free-fall, and hardliners doubling down, these beliefs … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For Leaders At Yale University Now
Yale’s administration believes its handling of campus protests, donor relationships, and federal pressure reflects principled application of the Woodward Report’s free expression framework rather than selective enforcement that protects speech Yale’s leadership finds congenial while discovering procedural grounds to restrict … Continue reading