Connor Ewing

“The Brewers are up 2-0 in the World Series and are winning 8-0 in game 3.” ☝️ A sentence that has never before been uttered by a human being.

I’m generally a the-kids-are-alright kind of guy. But I just overheard 2 teens describe Kanye West as “literally better than Michael Jackson” and “Walt Disney in the flesh” and now I think the voting age should be changed to 30.

I’m generally a the-kids-are-alright kind of guy. But I just overheard 2 teens describe Kanye West as “literally better than Michael Jackson” and “Walt Disney in the flesh” and now I think the voting age should be changed to 30.

Crew in 6. #LetsGoBrewers #BearsStillSuck

This will become obvious after the election, but I think it’s already fairly clear now: To be competitive in 2028, the GOP should impeach & remove Trump during the lame-duck session. Own the inevitable succession process, begin rebuilding, & maybe even govern.

This will become obvious after the election, but I think it’s already fairly clear now: To be competitive in 2028, the GOP should impeach & remove Trump during the lame-duck session. Own the inevitable succession process, begin rebuilding, & maybe even govern.

My favorite thing about administering midterms is meeting all the new students.

My favorite thing about administering midterms is meeting all the new students.

Worth recognizing amidst the ugliness of the ad featuring Amy Acton’s mom: No one who knows, or knows anything about, Vivek Ramaswamy was surprised that his campaign was responsible for it. Horrified? Certainly. Surprised? Hardly.

"...You keep on steaming ahead. Because really, what's the worst that could happen?"

I feel seen

I feel seen

Developed a new assignment for my constitutional law class this term to help students better understand the development of doctrine and relationship among cases. Shared here in the event others want to borrow/adapt.

I think we're <10 years away from euthanasia being floated as a serious policy proposal to address both Boomers' end-of-life concerns and young people's concerns about subsidizing Boomer entitlements.

Before ➡️ 🍁🍎🔪🔥➡️ After

“I have a piece alongside Ken Burns on what it means to be an American” certainly isn’t something I thought I would ever say. But here we are! From the newest issue of Civics magazine, my “Citizenship and the Complex Constitution.”

THE BREWERS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES

Waiting to hear 8 words I never thought I would hear...

A truly remarkable thing has happened. Not only has President Trump done the right thing by deciding not to stream the execution of Nidal Hasan. But in so doing, he has also made clear that there is perhaps someone less fit for office than he himself is: Pete Hegseth.

A truly remarkable thing has happened. Not only has President Trump done the right thing by deciding not to stream the execution of Nidal Hasan. But in so doing, he has also made clear that there is perhaps someone less fit for office than he himself is: Pete Hegseth.

lololol

lololol

It would be easy to mistake this as accountability for gross misconduct when in reality it's punishment for freelancing and insufficient discretion. Grifting is the norm, not the exception, in this administration. But Guilfoyle made the mistake of getting caught and not dealing The Big Man in.

It would be easy to mistake this as accountability for gross misconduct when in reality it's punishment for freelancing and insufficient discretion. Grifting is the norm, not the exception, in this administration. But Guilfoyle made the mistake of getting caught and not dealing The Big Man in.

A livestreamed execution was always the logical next step.

A livestreamed execution was always the logical next step.

The 2028 GOP presidential hopefuls

"Control language and you control thought; control thought and you control action; control action and you control the world." (Peter Kreeft)

Dear job applicants: If you have a manuscript under review—and certainly if you have an R&R—for the love of God, tell us at which journal.

"Many, many people are surprised to learn" this principally because it isn't true. Montesquieu is cited more times (11) in more essays (4) than Plutarch (3, 3). Heck, the Abbé de Mably is cited as often as Plutarch. And what do citations even tell us? Locke isn't cited at all...

"Many, many people are surprised to learn" this principally because it isn't true. Montesquieu is cited more times (11) in more essays (4) than Plutarch (3, 3). Heck, the Abbé de Mably is cited as often as Plutarch. And what do citations even tell us? Locke isn't cited at all...

Just heard someone say, “Six of one half, a dozen of the other,” and realized that civilization was well on its way to destruction even before the rise of AI.

Just heard someone say, “Six of one half, a dozen of the other,” and realized that civilization was well on its way to destruction even before the rise of AI.

Wake up, babe. A new con law hypo just dropped.

I refuse to believe that the most egregious case yet of academic AI-slop involves a guy whose last name is "No slop" spelled backwards. Simply cannot be true.

I refuse to believe that the most egregious case yet of academic AI-slop involves a guy whose last name is "No slop" spelled backwards. Simply cannot be true.

TIL about the Danish Grading System's 7-Point Grading Scale. Which ranges from -3 to 12. And has grades A, B, C, D, E, Fx, and F.

My university recently moved to a new platform—sorry, a new cloud-based human capital management (HCM) and talent management (TM) software suite that it uses for job searches. To view an applicant's materials, you have to download them. File by file. 🤦‍♂️

My university recently moved to a new platform—sorry, a new cloud-based human capital management (HCM) and talent management (TM) software suite that it uses for job searches. To view an applicant's materials, you have to download them. File by file. 🤦‍♂️

I'm sure this headline could not have been any harsher. Oh wait, I'm being told—

shot // chaser

Schmitt: Were you or were you not born in a crossfire hurricane? Smith: I was not. Schmitt: So you're telling us—under oath—that you weren't raised by a toothless, bearded hag? Smith: That is Jumpin' Jack Flash.

Schmitt: Were you or were you not born in a crossfire hurricane? Smith: I was not. Schmitt: So you're telling us—under oath—that you weren't raised by a toothless, bearded hag? Smith: That is Jumpin' Jack Flash.

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