Richard Moran
@ramoran.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
March 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Much noise that political philosophy not equipped for realities of oligarchic rule (too utopian, aspirational etc). But don't forget (cf Tocqueville) that bones of liberal and republican thought were all sketched out under Ancien Regime conditions. All seemed hopelessly utopian until they weren't
February 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Much noise that political philosophy not equipped for realities of oligarchic rule (too utopian, aspirational etc). But don't forget (cf Tocqueville) that bones of liberal and republican thought were all sketched out under Ancien Regime conditions. All seemed hopelessly utopian until they weren't
Around the neighborhood this morning.
February 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Around the neighborhood this morning.
"Obey in advance" is now official Harvard policy. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...
Opinion | Harvard Has Already Capitulated to Trump’s War on Academia
The administration is trying to assert political control over American higher education.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"Obey in advance" is now official Harvard policy. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...
A Harvard undergraduate outlines some of the things wrong with the recent speech codes imposed on the University. That campus-wide speech codes could be imposed as part of settling a civil lawsuit is outrageous enough. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
All It Takes To Censor Speech at Harvard Is a Lawsuit | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
Most worryingly, with this move, Harvard has signaled that upset constituents — and outside groups backing them — can bring thinly-supported, mostly-anonymous legal complaints against the University t...
www.thecrimson.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A Harvard undergraduate outlines some of the things wrong with the recent speech codes imposed on the University. That campus-wide speech codes could be imposed as part of settling a civil lawsuit is outrageous enough. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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College freshmen saying "from the river to the sea" is an existential threat to Jewish people. America's shadow president giving Nazi salutes at a rally is not.
by Bret Stephens and Bill Ackman
by Bret Stephens and Bill Ackman
January 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
College freshmen saying "from the river to the sea" is an existential threat to Jewish people. America's shadow president giving Nazi salutes at a rally is not.
by Bret Stephens and Bill Ackman
by Bret Stephens and Bill Ackman
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Whatever happens to my family, know this: No pardons were offered or discussed.
I cannot begin to describe the level of betrayal and hurt I feel.
I cannot begin to describe the level of betrayal and hurt I feel.
January 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Whatever happens to my family, know this: No pardons were offered or discussed.
I cannot begin to describe the level of betrayal and hurt I feel.
I cannot begin to describe the level of betrayal and hurt I feel.
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big victory for Indigenous activists
With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier
Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier
The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.
www.huffpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
big victory for Indigenous activists
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Dr. King saw that Du Bois “did not content himself with hurling invectives for emotional release & then retire into smug, passive satisfaction.”
“It is not enough for people to be angry,” he argued; “the supreme task is to organize & unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force.”
“It is not enough for people to be angry,” he argued; “the supreme task is to organize & unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force.”
MLK Now - Boston Review
Canonization has prevented a reckoning with the substance of King’s intellectual, ethical, and political commitments.
www.bostonreview.net
January 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Dr. King saw that Du Bois “did not content himself with hurling invectives for emotional release & then retire into smug, passive satisfaction.”
“It is not enough for people to be angry,” he argued; “the supreme task is to organize & unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force.”
“It is not enough for people to be angry,” he argued; “the supreme task is to organize & unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force.”
