In case anyone wants a thoughtful discussion of the last campaign open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Opening night watching The Phantom Menace - film broke about 15 min in giving us time to really start wondering if this highly anticipated, but so far very boring, movie was going to get any better when they restarted.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences? Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
I recently realized I’m older than Kirby Smart which was sobering - though that dude does not exactly look young for his age.
I've made peace with FBS programs having coaches younger than me but realizing that Alex Golesh started his coaching career at the high school in my town that didn't even exist when I graduated is a bit jarring
I was catching up on work stuff on my laptop at a quiet gate at O’Hare when I heard a familiar voice. John Lithgow and his Wife had sat down directly opposite me. They chatted and bickered like any other couple waiting for plane. I tried to give them space and didn’t look up from computer much.
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This can’t be said enough. No one seems to ever expect the anti-immigration people to even make an argument to support their terrible agenda.
kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes
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Not to mention his basic thesis is wrong - there’s plenty of support out there for whites with challenging backgrounds. The current VP is like the poster child for this (don’t hold that against those programs!)
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
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