This post is an essay by Yascha Mounk from a recent issue of Persuasion. Here's a link to the original. The issue he raises is that there are worse things than having an inherited leadership class. The much-maligned WASP aristocrats, who long dominated leadership positions in the US, at least had the decency to take … Continue reading Yascha Mounk — The WASPs Are Gone
This post is an essay by Peter Wei published in his Substack Ecumene. Here's a link to the original. In this piece he explores an issue I've talked about here from time to time, one of the core problems that the current academic meritocracy poses for the meritocrats themselves. It's not just the losers in the … Continue reading Peter Wei — The Professional-Managerial Class Has No Future
This post is a recent piece by A. O. Scott from the New York Times about the muddled way in which we have long treated the concept of being "middle class." Here's a link to the original. The ‘Middle’ Is a Muddle Everybody loves the middle class. Nobody wants to be mid, or middling. “Middle” … Continue reading A. O. Scott: On the Muddle of the Middle Class
This post is an essay by David Brooks that was published in the Times on Jun 6. Here's a link to the original. He's addressing an issue that I've been exploring in my blog over the last few years, the way in which US higher education flipped the class dynamic. Top universities used to be … Continue reading David Brooks: The Sins of the Educated Class
David Labaree on Schooling, History, and Writing 