I'm having a hard time deciding: Is the problem that some of our young people might be taking humanitities courses, or is it that they are spending thousands of hours playing first-person shooter games?

Columbia students showing what real leadership looks like. They are displaying more maturity than many professors. www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/04...

The Cruiser USS Columbia didn't back down even after taking heavy damage, and neither will we. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social is firing back—defending academic freedom, open inquiry, and the pursuit of knowledge. Who else will join the fight?

The CFPB has survived, so far. For military history buffs, it's a bit like the Battle of Coral Sea. WE HAVE TO START CELEBRATING VICTORIES, even partial victories www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/b...

Don’t F*ck with the Catholic F*cking Church

Five years ago today Trump toured the CDC and said "Anyone Who Wants a Test Can Get a Test." His bungled rollout of Covid testing meant we were flying blind about where it was spreading, couldn't take a targeted approach, leading to national lockdowns (that helped Trump get reelected).

Diplomatic malpractice.
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For the first time, Trump is underwater according to @fivethirtyeight.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy. America, what took you so long?

I'm thinking of starting a "today in (recent) history" feature, reminding everyone of all Trump's idiot moves during the one major crisis of his first administration. But then I already missed February 27, 2020, when he said "it's like a miracle, it will disappear"

My father fought to desegregate the lily white fire departments of Long Island. He was arrested in Mississippi during Freedom Summer. Most of his family at the time thought he was a fool, or crazy. We need that kind of courage now.

Much of the cost results from compliance with government regulations, which have dramatically increased in the last thirty years.

Stand Columbia is producing some of the best analysis of the attack on higher ed. Check out this table showing how overhead charged by Columbia (and others) on grant-funded research is completely in line with overhead costs in the private sector (standcolumbia.org/2025/02/15/i...)