Here’s a tweet that’s been making the “we have to DO something in Syria!” rounds lately. As is typical of this genre, it presents the horrific violence in Syria as somehow proof-positive that we have an obligation to intervene militarily in the country. This elides the most pertinent question: does intervening militarily actually prevent slaughter? […]
Continue reading →Last month, I was contacted by representatives of Harvard University Press, inquiring about my interest in a review copy of the new book The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It. I enthusiastically indicated my interest. Like many in the world of higher education, I have been long convinced that deep reform […]
Continue reading →I’m in The Observer, looking back at Grantland with both admiration and frustration. It’s another in my long series of trying to work out a basic question: why are our conversations on art and culture sites of such profound anxiety? Check it out.
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