Probably, but my PhD is in philosophy.

My take is that patriotism is a corruption of the feeling of belonging we get from community.

In 2018 I was offered a job managing a retreat center on the shores of Lake Superior. The job would have been to keep the place looking nice and, very occasionally, cultivate a restful space for people who needed it.

I went and got a PhD instead. Not a huge mistake, but I’d probably have been happier with the retreat center.

I’ll never forget my first trip out to North Lawndale for work. So many people acted like I was headed into Fallujah or something.

In reality though, it was just another neighborhood with regular people trying to get by.

That college professors are turning young people into communists.

Dawg, I can’t even get them to read.