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Monday, April 7. 2025

Monday morning links

Harvard University: The Ivy League teaching remedial math


Ways Out of California's Forest of Problems (Part 2 of 2)


Democrats Want 'Misgendering' And 'Deadnaming' To Be Considered Child Abuse


She was America’s parenting hero. Then the backlash came. Emily Oster
set out to empower moms through data. Now she has angered everyone from
gentle parenting advocates to the medical establishment — but she
doesn’t mind at all


Lonely individuals are more likely to be sick, study finds


UConn med school drops mandatory ‘DEI-infused’ Hippocratic Oath


Oh, Look! More 'Awareness' No One Cares About: J.K. Rowling ROASTS 'International Asexuality Day'


Love on the Spectrum, Bitter Pop Queens, Studio Ghibli—and More!


SpaceX Fram2 Private Mission Successfully Concludes Historic Orbit around Earth’s Poles


Guess Why a Federal Judge Blocked Venezuelan Deportations?


Your Discomfort Means It's Working


If Trump’s Tariffs Work, It Will Be Epic


Musk Says He Hopes for 'Zero Tariffs' between US and Europe


Could it be that Trump really knows what he’s doing?


Destined for Defeat: Behind the Democratic Disaster of 2024


Times Finds Evidence Suggesting Hunter Acted As Foreign Agent


Why the left fears Tulsi Gabbard, even as she protects America


Alice Weidel’s Right-Wing AfD Surges to the Top and Is Now Tied with Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU


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re Harvard University: The Ivy League teaching remedial math

Either those perfect SAT scores don't count for much, or the DEI students are really stupid.

Heh.

Who cares?

The damage being done here is to Harvard's reputation as an elite school.

LOL
#1 feeblemind on 2025-04-07 10:50 (Reply)
Perhaps they should rename the school Harvard Community College?
#1.1 feeblemind on 2025-04-07 10:54 (Reply)
Community colleges have higher entry requirements.
#1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2025-04-07 11:24 (Reply)
The monster behind the curtain. The remedial classes will require new faculty and, hence, more bureaucracy to administer the program. That is what happened at the college where I once taught.
#1.2 rocdoctom on 2025-04-07 13:00 (Reply)
re Your Discomfort Means It's Working

I agree with his point about shaking up the system. No on knows how this will play out. It may or may not work, but I like the way the policy has rattled everyone's cages.

It seems Trump wants to turn the clock back to the 1950s when economic tailwinds from WWII had our economy doing very well. I don't know if he can accomplish that but it will be very difficult if he can't get Government out of the way so people can create and build.

It seems that to a large extent, Trump is Gary Cooper in the move, High Noon. He is trying to do all this by himself while the GOP in the House and Senate cower and hide.
#2 feeblemind on 2025-04-07 12:12 (Reply)
Why is it still so hard to connect to maggies web site????
#3 Dennis Lukas on 2025-04-07 17:37 (Reply)
Suzi Weiss can really write! (Love on the spectrum etc.) Keeping up with popular culture is not my jam, but I check out everything about autism I run across, and her first two paragraphs hooked me. Funny and informative.
#4 Assistant Village Idiot on 2025-04-07 18:14 (Reply)
"Democrats Want 'Misgendering' And 'Deadnaming' To Be Considered Child Abuse"
Could somebody tell me what gender is? As far as I can tell it's imaginary.
#5 Ray on 2025-04-08 07:02 (Reply)

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