How bad is administrative bloat in higher ed? At MIT, the “student body has grown by 8% and its faculty by 9% since the mid-1980s. By comparison, the tally of administrators jumped by 189%.”

I debated feminism with a women’s rights activist who refused to say what a woman is. Can you guess her response? Shoutout @mattwalshblog for the question to end all questions

Protesters chant for intifada at October 7 rally outside Columbia University

Usually the best response to people like this is to ignore them. But my father, Shelby Steele, who grew up under segregation in Chicago, and I have dealt with this behavior for decades, and this video gives you an eye-opening example of what it's been like. This woman is furious that a community group in the leafy north suburbs of Chicago, New Trier Neighbors (@NTNeighbors), is screening my new documentary, "White Guilt," at New Trier High School on November 5. In the video, she blasts @NTNeighbors for hosting Charlie Kirk (they actually did not but probably wish they could have) and calls Kirk one of "those disgusting white boys, racist, misogynistic white boys," and smiles as she recounts how she found out he was shot. She then attacks me, my racial identity, and falsely accuses me of platforming Nick Fuentes. She calls my film a "stupid movie that is full of Islamophobia" and "a continuation of the great replacement theory." Then she says she feels "really bad for the workers of color who have to clean up that vile auditorium" after we leave. The kicker is the end of the video when she claims that reading Ibram X. Kendi gave her wisdom and authority. She hasn't seen the film. But truth is not her objective here. Her only desire is to brand me and the film as racist so her neighbors fall in line. She is already trying to drum up support for protests to intimidate people. That's white guilt intimidation at work. We owe nobody an explanation. The film will be shown as is and we invite all, including this woman, to see the film for themselves. If you're in the Chicago area, buy a ticket before we sell out: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/wh…

In the middle of reading it now. Rather surprised it got published in this climate, but an excellent read. I've been nodding in agreement, or rolling my eyes, or laughing (at appropriate spots) regularly throughout. A much-needed report on the current diktat.

This is one of the reasons why trans people decide they don’t want to be here anymore. This is cruel and we should NOT be performing these surgeries. Humans are not experiments. Everything has a consequence. I feel sad for this person and angry at all that encouraged it.

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The Trump administration has rescinded Biden-era regulations that expanded sex discrimination protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity. It is a necessary return to biological reality, writes @benappel 👇 buff.ly/IwvSOAp