Daily Archives: June 23, 2021

The Myth of a Majority-Minority America

Three academics publish in The Atlantic June 16, 2021: The narrative that nonwhite people will soon outnumber white people is not only divisive, but also false. In recent years, demographers and pundits have latched on to the idea that, within … Continue reading

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The Business Of Church

A friend responds to this post: One of the great things about many 18th century novelists (Balzac, Dickens, Trollope) is how much you learn about the societies and businesses in which the novels are set. I hadn’t realized until I … Continue reading

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The Changing Temptations Of Science

Stephen Turner published in 2020: The idea of science as a spontaneous order produced by autonomous individuals following their best hunches, the core of the liberal theory of science, became less an accurate description than an expression of nostalgic regret. … Continue reading

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Leaving Academia: Loss Grief and Healing

Lisa Munro writes in 2017: I’ve been out of academia for two years, having finished my PhD in 2015. I think I’m finally on the road to healing. I often joke that leaving academia feels like the worst break up … Continue reading

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Beyond The Academic Ethic

Philosopher Stephen Turner published this essay in 2019: * the German academic system of the late nineteenth century, which became the model for the modern research university… * Harvard University, for the first three centuries of its existence, was essentially … Continue reading

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