Trenchant commentary by Joshua Katz & @solveiggold on the failures of both general and major curricula at the Ivies, and how to reform them, @AEI: aei.org/articles/curricular-…

The Venn diagram between people who think you should get fired for using the R word and people who think you should be able to euthanize your child if it has Down syndrome is almost a circle

“There is no match for the lawlessness of e-bike and e-scooter users, who enjoy the privileges of both pedestrians and drivers without any of the consequences.” washingtonexaminer.com/resto…

Why are so many rich kids commies? Because communist societies protect the elite from the creative destruction of the free market. So a rich kid raised in the elite who knows he couldn’t get their on his own merit supports a system designed to protect the elite from those with greater skill.

shot : cocktail :: espresso : coffee :: chocolate truffle : dessert discuss

Excellent to see the Antigone Philology Prize mentioned as a best-in-show contest in this sparky @newcriterion article: newcriterion.com/dispatch/fr…

RT @reihan: It’s the year 2047. There are only 17 toddlers left in NYC, each of whom is lovingly cared for by 100,000 unionized caregivers.

No wonder these students think Israel is a modern construct.

Harvard, apparently, is about to adopt a new policy to combat grade inflation. I devised my own anti–grade inflation policy 25 years ago. I’ve shared it with provosts and deans, to no avail. Here it is: The Muñoz Plan Against Grade Inflation The plan has three key components:

From @WSJFreeEx: A growing number of children raised by professors are emerging confident, articulate, ideologically coherent and almost entirely insulated from the consequences of being wrong, writes @SamuelAbramsAEI on.wsj.com/4cXKorm

“What Yale and its peer institutions should do first is institute proper departmental curricula for majors, something egregiously missing from the humanities and softer social-science departments.” Read “Brain trust?,” by Joshua T. Katz. newcriterion.com/dispatch/br…

“A whole civilization,” by Joshua T. Katz. Great little piece about a civilization worth preserving. I impose on the author’s better half ⁦@solveiggold⁩ to convey appropriate kudos. newcriterion.com/dispatch/a-…

College Board: “AP Exam questions are not easier than in the past, nor are they harder. The exams themselves have not changed.” AP English Language and Composition:

“But there are also many mothers who do have a choice, who can afford to stay home, who want to stay home, but who have bought the lie that they will forever lose themselves and their careers if they take too much time away from the workforce. This lie has driven far too many mothers to leave their babies with strangers before they feel ready to part, and it has persuaded far too many women to delay having children in the first place, until they realize, too late, that their best childbearing years are behind them. To these women I say: Take a page from The Country Bunny.” thefp.com/p/motherhood-wasnt…

The Atlantic’s newest cover story, by the peerless @caityweaver, is unlike anything else. Just read it: theatlantic.com/magazine/202…

Every day, I kiss my daughter’s curls and thank my lucky stars that I had the privilege to take an early detour, writes Solveig Lucia Gold. thefp.com/p/motherhood-wasnt…

Also: less antisemitism, more free speech

only difference is I support moon statehood

What advice can help Classicists thrive in the 21st century? In our latest piece, which was received with rapturous applause at our Antigone celebration this month in Oxford, Solveig Gold sets out the simple rules that will help young scholars stay sane. antigonejournal.com/2026/03/…