Archive for 2023

NATE SILVER: Why liberalism and leftism are increasingly at odds. “The old left-right coalitions have long been under strain as America has moved away from materialist politics to the politics of cultural grievance. The clearest manifestation of this has been intense polarization based on educational attainment (the more years of schooling, the more likely you are to vote Democrat). If, however, higher educational institutions and the ideas associated with them continue to become more and more unpopular, I’m not sure what happens next.”

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON? It’s not every day that an ink-stained wretch gets to publish something by his son, but I just enjoyed that privilege. It’s “my” latest PJ Media column but in fact was written by my amazing son, Marcus Tapscott, making the case for elite universities sitting on $810 billion cumulative endowments help pay off student loans instead of taxpayers.

OPEN THREAD: Discourse freely.