"What is Liberal Education For?": A Preview

Posted on October 13, 2014
One difficulty faced by people talking about higher education—or marketing institutions of higher education—is that the purpose of education is now widely considered to be job training, and on that level, it doesn't appear to be succeeding particularly well
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After Strange Gods

Posted on October 9, 2014
Image: Peter Thiel at TechCrunch50, 2008; Wikimedia Commons; TechCrunch50-2008, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons.

Thiel unapologetically commends the pursuit of monopoly.

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The Right of Assembly Violently Wrested

Posted on September 11, 2014
The right of peaceable assembly has been at the heart of the struggle of African American equality throughout our nation’s history. When honored, it has yielded important protections. When breached, it has facilitated widespread and systematic oppression.
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