#Scholars

Steve Skojec

SteveSkojec

Stop asking us to be your trained pittbulls who only go after the bad bishops, the corrupt pope, the priests you come running to us to complain about who are

Mauv

ThatsMauvelous

When I started law school, I discovered law is bullshit. I was not prepared for this. In other fields, truth is found by experimentation or by reasoning from first principles.

Savitri Mumukshu - सावित्री मुमुक्षु

MumukshuSavitri

1/nBhagwan Ram’s life is primarily known to us from references in texts such as the Ramayana & Vasistha’s Yoga. We know him as a king, hero & divine Avatar, but

Terence Renaud

terry_renaud

Catharsis. A facet of the humanities jobs crisis that I've experienced & others might have, too, is something one could call professional depression. Aside from obvious personal depression, I'm referring

Isaac T. Soon, PhD

isaacsoon2

Is this a grift?An inquiry thread. 1/ By now if you work in NT you may have seen an online conference coming up that features a huge number of prolific

Twilight 5208 🕉️

TwilightBharat

The Vedas are the oldest written documents of human civilization and Hinduism. It is believed that the ideals of Hinduism are the oldest scriptures in the world. ... The mantras

Michelle S. Phelps

MichelleSPhelps

I spent the last 4 years studying community perceptions of the MPD. Over the weekend I wrote up my thoughts on policing 101, what's happened in Minneapolis, and what comes

Asad أسد

DandiaAsad

People are asking how the NYT ISIS reporter didn’t fact-check that her subject wasn’t actually in ISIS, but she blocked people years ago when we’d ask why she uses Google

Bill Baue

bbaue

"How Do You Know When Society Is About to Fall Apart?”https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/magazine/societal-collapse.html"For an overwhelming majority of the time since the evolution of Homo sapiens, Tainter contends, we organize

Amarnath Amarasingam

AmarAmarasingam

1. "Regardless of intent or ignorance of a second meaning". I'm done with y'all.I found myself just staring at Mia’s initial comments a few hours ago, wondering what state of

sherryrawla

sherryrawla

Absolutely Teertha...what a balanced piece. The invaders and imperialists did their bit. But in independent India there was a decided diffidence about our culture and history. Forget political narratives, right

Richard Florida

Richard_Florida

1. No doubt. But it is less & less clear that foreign students want to deal with America's horrific anti-immigrant climate.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/opinion/coronavirus-trump-immigration-students.html?smid=tw-share 2. I thi

Lillian Li

lillianmli

1) Epic speech by Jack Ma before the IPO of Ant Groups, who started with 'I'm retired so..yolo'He touches upon the outdateness of current financial systems (Basel III) for the

Alatar the Blue

Auslandsgruppe1

Here's a little historical context from Antiquity that I think illustrates and complements what Gandalf is talking about.In Plato's Ion we have a dialogue between Socrates and a professional rhapsode

bolin's bitch

beloved_sag

given the overwhelmingly inadequate plans colleges have for students to (not) return to campuses, a lot of ppl have been asking "is zoom university/remote learning even worth it?" while ignoring

Nadine Viermann

NViermann

Probably the most infamous roman emperor of late antiquity is Phocas, a former centurion of the Balkan army, crowned emperor in 602. Modern literature almost unanimously paints him as a