Timothy Snyder, Marci Shore, and Jason Stanley are getting the hell out. Canada ho!
Like perifascist Hungary, we are beginning to experience a brain drain, mes petites.
Timothy Snyder, Marci Shore, and Jason Stanley are getting the hell out. Canada ho!
Like perifascist Hungary, we are beginning to experience a brain drain, mes petites.
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March 27th, 2025 at 12:44PM
“…citing Trump fears.”
Fear… Mission accomplished? It was very sad to hear that the esteemed Columbia University capitulated but I am sure it won’t be the last.
You lot seem quite resigned to the new reality.
March 27th, 2025 at 3:52PM
I think people and institutions are still dazed and a bit in denial.
Columbia has been battered by so much catastrophe in the last year or so that I’m guessing it’s a ship adrift at this point and really can’t respond coherently to what’s happening to it. As to Yale, it would certainly be nice if it could get off its ass and start speaking out. Universities around the world are poaching its faculty.
March 27th, 2025 at 4:33PM
This has been years in the making. Dazed and denial, if true, reflects a lack of planning and/or a naive belief that the other branches of the US government would exert control and authority.
The US grew by draining the talent from other countries. Maybe it is time to repay that debt. It will take more than two or three history professors though.
March 28th, 2025 at 9:33AM
I’ll plead guilty to having faith – until recently – in the basic soundness of our political institutions.
Yes, it was intellectual vigor plus tolerance of/curiosity about global cultures that made America the most sought-after place for talented people around the world. Also we have lots of money. Thanks to our current president that’s all going away.
March 28th, 2025 at 3:03PM
Will you stay or go?
March 28th, 2025 at 5:13PM
No plans to go, but I’m part of EU (via my Polish husband) so there are many possibilities for us if we do decide to leave.
March 29th, 2025 at 8:44AM
Is Yale at this pass in part because a few overwrought students drove the Christakises out over a Hallowe’en memo? How long ago was that? There’s more than a few Trumpian yahoos sapping the intellectual vigor at work, particularly where the Ivies are concerned.
March 29th, 2025 at 9:27AM
Good point. The fringier reaches of woke have somewhat depopulated places like Yale too.
March 29th, 2025 at 10:47AM
Indeed, and crossing my screen this morning is a story about Helyeh Doutaghi being excused from Yale. The College Fix types are spiking the football over it. The conflicts go on; I have a railroad to work on.
March 29th, 2025 at 11:42AM
Stephen: I just posted about her.
March 29th, 2025 at 9:07PM
‘Woke’ whataboutism is never far away.