via The Atlantic:
Why the Closing of Harvard’s Writing Center Matters
by Tyler Austin Harper
published on August 19, 2026
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The institutions that are fostering supposedly egalitarian politics limit upward mobility as much as they facilitate it. This has encouraged a type of blinkered and oftentimes unambitious style of activism among young people, which asks for many changes but does not challenge the system that provides them with their own lofty status.
~ Jay Caspian Kang via The New Yorker
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Interesting Read
via the American Affairs Journal:
The World That Never Was: Liberal Internationalism’s Last Crusade
by Anthony J. Constantini
published in their Fall 2026 edition
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Campus Life at the
Colorado College
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Persistent current account deficits also drive the increasing dominance of financial activities in the American economy, a process known as “financialization.” Because the current account deficit means the United States purchases more goods and services from abroad than it sells, foreigners accumulate dollars that must ultimately be invested in dollar-denominated financial assets.
~ Michael Starr via American Affairs
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