Jennifer M. Morton
@jennifermmorton.bsky.social
philosophy professor @Penn, author of Moving Up Without Losing Your Way, https://jennifermmorton.com/
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Opinion | Why Hiring Professors With Conservative Views Could Backfire on Conservatives
www.nytimes.com
In this op-ed, I argue that hiring for viewpoint diversity undermines the openness to intellectual transformation we ought to cultivate in the University. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/o...
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"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
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Congrats Maria!
Three philosophy projects receive multi-million-euro grants in Finland...
Millions in Funding for 3 Philosophical Projects in Finland - Daily Nous
The Research Council of Finland has announced the new recipients of its Academy Professorship and Centres of Excellence in Research funding. Of the 15 new Academy Professors, two are philosophers: Jar...
dailynous.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Congrats Maria!
Our very own gilded age tale. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/n...
A Tower on Billionaires’ Row Is Full of Cracks. Who’s to Blame?
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Our very own gilded age tale. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/n...
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Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes: https://theatln.tc/8Yv660RN
October 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes: https://theatln.tc/8Yv660RN
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Hi anglo friends!
Living with men came out in the UK this weekend! I went to talk about it on BBC Woman’s Hour (www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...) and on ABC Late night if you want to listen, otherwise you can read this wonderful interview ⬇️
I hope it’ll make you want to read the book!
Living with men came out in the UK this weekend! I went to talk about it on BBC Woman’s Hour (www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...) and on ABC Late night if you want to listen, otherwise you can read this wonderful interview ⬇️
I hope it’ll make you want to read the book!
October 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hi anglo friends!
Living with men came out in the UK this weekend! I went to talk about it on BBC Woman’s Hour (www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...) and on ABC Late night if you want to listen, otherwise you can read this wonderful interview ⬇️
I hope it’ll make you want to read the book!
Living with men came out in the UK this weekend! I went to talk about it on BBC Woman’s Hour (www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...) and on ABC Late night if you want to listen, otherwise you can read this wonderful interview ⬇️
I hope it’ll make you want to read the book!
The corrupt anti-democratic self-dealing of this group of anti-bike "activists" is disgusting. As a member of the SHCA and a biker I'm enraged. www.inquirer.com/transportati...
Society Hill civic association wants to pay $25,000 to prevent new bike protections on Pine and Spruce Streets
A proposal calls for donating money to pay lawyers helping the Friends of Pine & Spruce, which is opposed to added bike lane protections.
www.inquirer.com
September 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The corrupt anti-democratic self-dealing of this group of anti-bike "activists" is disgusting. As a member of the SHCA and a biker I'm enraged. www.inquirer.com/transportati...
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August 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Sometimes finishing a book is the saddest feeling in the world.
August 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Sometimes finishing a book is the saddest feeling in the world.
"The problem with liberal education in today’s academy does not lie with our students. The real threat to liberal learning is from an administrative class that is content to offer students far less than their own humanity calls for — and deserves." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
July 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"The problem with liberal education in today’s academy does not lie with our students. The real threat to liberal learning is from an administrative class that is content to offer students far less than their own humanity calls for — and deserves." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
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Inspired by @jennifermmorton.bsky.social piece in the @nytimes.com, I wrote about Viewpoint Diversity and the one time I interviewed the psychiatrist who the Catholic Church hires to investigate reporting of demon possessions.
open.substack.com/pub/hiphinat...
open.substack.com/pub/hiphinat...
Viewpoint Diversity and Overton Windows in Academia
Maybe academics should be explicit about our boundaries
open.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Inspired by @jennifermmorton.bsky.social piece in the @nytimes.com, I wrote about Viewpoint Diversity and the one time I interviewed the psychiatrist who the Catholic Church hires to investigate reporting of demon possessions.
open.substack.com/pub/hiphinat...
open.substack.com/pub/hiphinat...
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“I want to talk about the part of philosophy writing that comes after the argument… the very specific work involved in infusing your writing with energy and life” — C. Thi Nguyen (@add-hawk.bsky.social) at Daily Nous on the creative craft of writing philosophy.
Beyond Argument: The Creative Craft of Philosophy Writing (guest post) - Daily Nous
"I want to talk about the part about the part of philosophy writing that comes after the argument part: the bit where you work on expressing your idea clearly, delicately, even personally. I want to t...
dailynous.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“I want to talk about the part of philosophy writing that comes after the argument… the very specific work involved in infusing your writing with energy and life” — C. Thi Nguyen (@add-hawk.bsky.social) at Daily Nous on the creative craft of writing philosophy.
In this op-ed, I argue that hiring for viewpoint diversity undermines the openness to intellectual transformation we ought to cultivate in the University. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/o...
Opinion | Why Hiring Professors With Conservative Views Could Backfire on Conservatives
www.nytimes.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
In this op-ed, I argue that hiring for viewpoint diversity undermines the openness to intellectual transformation we ought to cultivate in the University. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/o...
Reposted by Jennifer M. Morton
"The Justice Department is aggressively prioritizing efforts to strip some Americans of their U.S. citizenship...At least one person has already been denaturalized...June 13, a judge ordered the revocation of the citizenship of Elliott Duke, who uses they/them pronouns."
www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...
www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...
DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship
Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually us...
www.npr.org
June 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"The Justice Department is aggressively prioritizing efforts to strip some Americans of their U.S. citizenship...At least one person has already been denaturalized...June 13, a judge ordered the revocation of the citizenship of Elliott Duke, who uses they/them pronouns."
www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...
www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...
Fantastic piece by Allison Pugh. aeon.co/essays/our-c...
Our crisis is not loneliness but human beings becoming invisible | Aeon Essays
Our crisis of work and technology is one in which too many people feel that nobody sees them as a fellow human being
aeon.co
June 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Fantastic piece by Allison Pugh. aeon.co/essays/our-c...
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
May 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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Check out this month's fabulous Dialogues on Disability interview with the wonderful Vanessa Wills
biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/05/21/d...
Image: photo of Vanessa, a Black woman who has short hair and is wearing a cowl-neck sweater and dangling earrings
@jowolff.bsky.social
biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/05/21/d...
Image: photo of Vanessa, a Black woman who has short hair and is wearing a cowl-neck sweater and dangling earrings
@jowolff.bsky.social
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Vanessa Wills
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twenty-second instalment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled ph…
biopoliticalphilosophy.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Check out this month's fabulous Dialogues on Disability interview with the wonderful Vanessa Wills
biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/05/21/d...
Image: photo of Vanessa, a Black woman who has short hair and is wearing a cowl-neck sweater and dangling earrings
@jowolff.bsky.social
biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/05/21/d...
Image: photo of Vanessa, a Black woman who has short hair and is wearing a cowl-neck sweater and dangling earrings
@jowolff.bsky.social
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“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
nymag.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
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New at The Watch:
A Texas attorney gave some free legal advice to an undocumented family. Then two law enforcement officers showed up at his door.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
A Texas attorney gave some free legal advice to an undocumented family. Then two law enforcement officers showed up at his door.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
The courage to be decent
The Trump administration wants to make us afraid to look out for one another. Don't let them.
radleybalko.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
New at The Watch:
A Texas attorney gave some free legal advice to an undocumented family. Then two law enforcement officers showed up at his door.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
A Texas attorney gave some free legal advice to an undocumented family. Then two law enforcement officers showed up at his door.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
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what story is missing from this page?
April 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
what story is missing from this page?
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UVA professor Siva Vaidhyanathan makes the case for sticking by America—and fighting for it.
"My family chose this country in the late twentieth century, so to abandon it when it is most in need would betray my father’s dreams and hopes. We love this country deeply because we chose it."
"My family chose this country in the late twentieth century, so to abandon it when it is most in need would betray my father’s dreams and hopes. We love this country deeply because we chose it."
In the Academy and the Legal World, It’s Time to Stay and Fight
Stay or run? Let’s not presume this is a simple question or that everyone’s situation is the same. But I know who my heroes are.
newrepublic.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
UVA professor Siva Vaidhyanathan makes the case for sticking by America—and fighting for it.
"My family chose this country in the late twentieth century, so to abandon it when it is most in need would betray my father’s dreams and hopes. We love this country deeply because we chose it."
"My family chose this country in the late twentieth century, so to abandon it when it is most in need would betray my father’s dreams and hopes. We love this country deeply because we chose it."
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White House acknowledges several top Trump officials plotted Yemen strikes in unclassified group chat that included Atlantic editor.
The group chat appeared to involve key national security figures, including Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to the Atlantic.
The group chat appeared to involve key national security figures, including Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to the Atlantic.
White House acknowledges ‘inadvertent’ leak involving top Trump officials
The Atlantic reported that its top editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, was accidentally added to a group chat where Trump’s national security team plotted attacking Yemen.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
White House acknowledges several top Trump officials plotted Yemen strikes in unclassified group chat that included Atlantic editor.
The group chat appeared to involve key national security figures, including Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to the Atlantic.
The group chat appeared to involve key national security figures, including Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to the Atlantic.
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They are coming for every university, if you think you’re safe because it hasn’t been yours yet I don’t know what to tell you. Join AAUP, refuse to comply, organize your colleagues
Trump administration freezes $175 million in federal funding to Penn
According to a White House tweet, Wednesday's decision is a result of Penn's
www.thedp.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They are coming for every university, if you think you’re safe because it hasn’t been yours yet I don’t know what to tell you. Join AAUP, refuse to comply, organize your colleagues
"Universities are now under attack from the right; in the future, left-leaning politicians may demand that universities do their bidding. Under such circumstances, the safest appointments may be the blandest ones—and brilliant scholars, those whom the world most needs, are rarely bland."
The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia
American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.
www.theatlantic.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"Universities are now under attack from the right; in the future, left-leaning politicians may demand that universities do their bidding. Under such circumstances, the safest appointments may be the blandest ones—and brilliant scholars, those whom the world most needs, are rarely bland."