Correction: Cass Sunstein is really famous. (Among curious people). And the book is really good too.

Shabbos Kestenbaum, a Jewish graduate student at Harvard, details his harrowing experiences over the last 3 weeks on campus.

College Athlete Deaths by Suicide Have Doubled, 77% male:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

The Obama library… 😬

This documentary from Sheryl Sandberg is very important to watch. It is upsetting and unsettling — and that’s exactly why it is worth watching.

A Hamas spokesperson is now claiming that they didn’t kill civilians on Oct 7th.

If only the terrorists were wearing gopros while carrying out mass murder and videoed themselves butchering men, women, children, and babies…

To celebrate May 1, here is a stack of books I have read, re-read, or am reading so far in 2024. One of the joys of completing my doctoral degree has been reading to my hearts content once again.

Next up, new books by Leif Enger, Erik Larson, Kristin Hannah, and who knows what.

before the pandemic, new england colleges had more than 2x more applicants than southwestern colleges.

at current trajectories, southwestern college applicants will surpass new england in two years.

I think a lot of people would be genuinely surprised that the US is not only not declining on the world stage, it's currently gaining in global economic share.

US GDP increased 1.4 trillion dollars last year, which is equivalent to adding the entire country of Spain.

Ever wonder what the “Judaica” section at the official UPenn bookstore looks like? Take a look… Notice anything funny about it? Maybe the fact that not a single book is about anything related to Judaism. What is happening at the Ivy League is nothing shy of a dystopian society.

A psychoanalyst explains why for people feeling “burnt out”, simply trying to relax doesn’t always work econ.st/3vLElo9 👇

Five-alarm fire for Biden:

Trump is crushing him 52-30 on inflation—better than practically any other head-to-head issue.

But Trump barely talks about policies to reduce inflation and his team's econ messaging—tariffs, devaluation, deportation—is almost entirely inflationary.

Friendly reminder that the group that is the most politically engaged is atheists.

Atheists engage in about twice as many political activities as white evangelicals.

50% of atheists made a political donation in 2020.

It was 26% of white evangelicals.

Huge statement from Ali Karimi— Iran’s most celebrated soccer star and probably the most famous and popular Iranian celebrity.

Welcome to the post religious right:

“unabashedly hierarchical, as well as sometimes also scornful of Christian-inflected concern for the weak.” unherd.com/2024/04/the-fu…

In 2017, I did something dumb. There was a total solar eclipse passing through the US, but I was in NY, far from the path. Was I really gonna get on a plane to see a cool thing for two minutes? Nah. I had shit to do.

The day came. I put my stupid glasses on and saw the sun

Hamas has rejected another hostage deal ceasefire proposal. Every chance it has to relieve the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, it rejects. Why is there no focus on its blocking any humanitarian pause? Why no pressure on it to end the suffering of Gazans? Past time to do so.

10 paradoxical truths from 10 brilliant men

1. C.S. Lewis: Originality is best attained via copying.

2. Nietzsche: Compassion is a psyop designed by the weak to redirect resources from the most deserving to the least.

3. Chesterton: You need to hate the world enough to change

From brain imaging data, practically nothing can be deduced about the psychological state of a particular person. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

bad news for biden: his approval ratings
good news for biden: his approval ratings, compared to his peers