Archives for November 2023

REVIEW: Suckers for Ideals

Elizabeth Stice | November 2, 2023

McKinsey & Company’s influence is hidden—and so is its catalog of harm

Who needs Twitter/X? Some reflections on networks of knowledge in a democracy

Nadya Williams | November 2, 2023

Democracies need shared spaces for discussing ideas and fostering intellectual networks. Twitter offered such a space.

Quinnipiac: RFK Jr. gets 22% as an independent in a 3-way presidential race

John Fea | November 1, 2023

In the 1992 presidential race Ross Perot, who ran as an independent, got 18.9% of the vote. Perot’s candidacy cost George H.W. Bush a second term as president and got Bill Clinton elected. Today’s national Quinnipiac poll (this polling service […]

Mike Johnson is not the only David Barton fan to be Speaker of the House of Representatives

John Fea | November 1, 2023

I was recently talking with a reporter who asked me if Mike Johnson was the first Speaker of the House to embrace the teachings of David Barton. I didn’t know the answer off the top of my head so after […]

Mike Johnson was the dean of the Paul Pressler School of Law

John Fea | November 1, 2023

I noted this in my piece last week: “Who is Mike Johnson?” It has now caught the attention of the Associated Press. Here is Brian Slodysjo: Before House Speaker Mike Johnson was elected to public office, he was the dean of a […]

RFK Jr.’s candidacy may hurt Republicans more than Democrats

John Fea | November 1, 2023

Here is the latest from Politico on the independent presidential candidate with the family name: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is collecting checks from past Donald Trump donors at a much higher rate than former Joe Biden contributors, a sign the […]

Gaza in maps

John Fea | November 1, 2023

I found this BBC story, complete with maps, helpful for understanding what is happening in Gaza right now.

The Department of Education fines Grand Canyon University $37.7 million

John Fea | November 1, 2023

We introduced you to this story last month.Get up to speed here. Katherine Knott has the latest at Insider Higher Ed: The Education Department is fining Grand Canyon University a record $37.7 million for misleading more than 7,500 students about the […]