Every handwringing article about colleges is always an excuse to punch down on teachers and students. The focus is so rarely on how crazy expensive college has become or the prolonged assault on academic freedom from conservative politicians and activists.

And yet, here's Real World/Road Rules Challenge star Sean Duffy trying to float a dress code for flying www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/...

This is terrible. I just think of how even basic human interactions like a phone call to ask a question are seen as an inconvenience to Silicon Valley types and how sociopathic it all seems. Sometimes it’s just nice to talk with people, even strangers.