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View More NewsImagine a city where racism doesn’t exist. There is no social hierarchy. It is a utopia of equality and diversity—the kind of place that exists once the old order has finally been swept away. This is the premise of N.K. Jemisin’s short story “The Ones Who Stay and Fight.” The narrator dares the reader to believe such a place could exist. In the city named Um-Helat those who have encountered race, hierarchy, domination, inequality, resentment are considered dangerous, as they are familiar with the time before utopia. Such a city might exist only in fantasy. But there are people who…
Many, many boards for school districts, community colleges, and public universities, and at least one state, have formal policies that limit board members from publicly criticizing actions taken by the boards, speaking to the press, or communicating on social media. These policies, often called “One Voice,” have resulted in punishments of board members and lawsuits challenging those actions. The policies are propagated by dozens of consultants and education attorneys, state and national board associations, at least one accreditor, and the New Jersey Department of Education.The policies are surely unconstitutional for elected boards (school districts and community colleges), though that may…
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A review of Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith by JD Vance; 288 pages; HarperCollins: New York (June 2026)The novelist Evelyn Waugh was once asked how he reconciled his lousy personal behaviour—which included drunkenness, antisemitism, and cruelty to friends and foes alike—with his Catholic faith. No one could imagine, Waugh replied, how vile he would have been were he not a Catholic. That retort came to mind as I read US vice president JD Vance’s new book, Communion, about his conversion to Catholicism. Since joining the Church of Rome in 2019, Vance has not exactly been a paragon of virtue. Once…
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