9 Revelations In The Atlantic’s Essay About NYC’s Kafkaesque Schools
George Packer’s extremely long Atlantic essay contains gems of leftist cognitive dissonance, some funny, some enraging, and some heartbreaking. Here’s a list.
Why The College Cheating Scandal Proves The Meritocracy Largely Works
What the cheating scandal shows is that it’s actually really hard to game the system and very few people can successfully do it.
How Harvard’s Dishonesty About Its Racial Discrimination Will Fuel Populism
The lesson this elite university and others really teach is that working hard and playing by the rules are for the little people, not the future Masters of the Universe.
‘Take Your Pills’ Exposes Troubling Tie Between America’s Work Addiction And Meds
We want success, and productive work requires focus. If you’re a rich kid micro-dosing amphetamines for school or career advantage, that’s rewarded.
Fishtown Will Never Become Great Again If It Keeps Blaming Elites For Its Failures
Charles Murray’s ‘Fishtown’ has some real grievances. It also has some real social problems. Populists don’t love talking about those, unless to blame elites.
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