Harvard is basically a $40B hedge fund pretending to be an institution of higher learning with a president that is an academic joke but checks more than 1 DEI box.
This is exactly what I have been saying. I have friends who have kids in public school here in WA State which is a training ground for communism and woke incorporated, etc. They think they can reform public schools as they keep using all sorts of their energy trying to change something that cannot be changed. Instead of trying to reform public schools, let them die on the vine and let's start our own schools. At least the energy spent would actually accomplish something. You cannot change stupid. We need to build our own school system outside of public education.
Totally agree Mark. Ever heard of John Taylor Gatto? He was NY Teacher of the year 4x in a row and then quit when he realized you could never change education within the system. His work was pivotal in my book when I touched on education: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/the-history-of-you-a-book-that-connects
But you're 100% right. I don't think people know the true history and origins of education. Once we realize that it was literally a breeding ground -- even back in the early 1900s -- we then realize that we must change course:
The system we have is our system. How would you build a new system, decades and billions of dollars, and prevent the same problems from taking over the new system?
We can't even identify the real problem. We know exactly what the problem is. And Harvard would be a good place to illustrate just who the problem is.
I'm not against illustrating there is a problem, but we have a smaller system in place already. My children are in a conservative Christian School where they learn the 3 R's.....Reading, Riting and Rithmetic. Hillsdale College is a good start for higher education along with a few others across this country. Other people are expanding on those as we write.
Hillsdale college in Hillsdale, Michigan is another sane college. It's very old and its long history demonstrates that its refusal to accept a dime of federal money can pay off.
FWIW, I think it's important to have a physical space for higher education in America. I'm not one of those tech bro people who believe in eradicating the system entirely. That's why I didn't mention that alternative in my piece!
Hillsdale College is definitely on the right track! I’ve been subscribing to free “Imprimus” for years. Hillsdale also gives free classes online...interesting subjects!
I've taken several of the Hillsdale courses on line just for fun and out of curiosity, and they are wonderful. I mean, getting ten WWII lectures by VDH for free? That's pretty sweet. And the professor who teaches the Dante's Divine Comedy clearly loves his job and the material. Just 2 examples.
It didn't mean as much as we thought, 40-50 years ago. I visited a high school classmate at Harvard in 1967. He told me what his current English assignment was (it would take too long to describe it). I just looked at him in disbelief. He said "it's hard to get in, it's easy to stay in". The STEM classes were tougher.
I agree it's time to stop legitimizing Harvard's high status but we shouldn't forget about it. Instead we should tax the living $%#t out of it, for as commenter Green Hornet notes it's a hedge fund and should be treated as such. Which, by the way, a new administration should push changes in the tax code to erase all of that sector's sweetheart tax loopholes.
Maybe when she was nominated, Harvard’s Governing Board simply mistook Claudia Gay for Claudia’s gay. Easy mistake in a noisy room and that would’ve punched her ticket 🤔
Jordan...great article as usual. I have walked through Harvard Yard probably 500 times since moving to Boston and living in both Boston and Cambridge and Cape Cod since 1968...I know...I know...I'm getting up in age...nothing much I can do about it except to keep living and expressing my thoughts and feelings.
I don't relate to Cambridge...I never did. No one even looks at you in Cambridge...whether you are on the street or at Whole Foods. It's so cold. People in a big rush to get their food and leave...they are so aggresive...so much in their head...its hurts me....makes me sick. I guess that's what I really wanted to say....at least for me....it's so cold. At least in the hippie days people were friendly. Boston/Cambridge, in my opinion, is the emotionally coldest city in America.
Identity politics and special pleading and special interest groups and sorting by race/creed is all bourgeois liberal ideas, not marxist, in origin. A marxist analysis of their actions and words would yield that they are upper-class parasites trying to sow discord and splinter the working class along lines of identity in order to prevent unity among said workers, based on issues relating to class (income, taxation, opportunity to say "No" to employers, ability to save/build nest egg, right to work, et cetera).
Then again, I very much doubt any of them have read Adam Smith or Friedrich Engels.
Not that that makes anything better, it's just that by labelling everything one doesn't like or apporve of when it comes from people like the Harvard board and faculty as "marxism", neo or not, one blinds oneself to the sad fact that all ideologies and schools of ideas have contributed to what we often label political correctness or woke.
Terms and labels are important and turning "marxism" into something as watered-down and meaningless as "racism" is dangerous, as it removes any stigma associated.
It’s a sad paradox that the federal government has also become a cesspool of anti-Americanism. Yes, as Mark noted we need to build our own school system outside of public education.
It seems to me that the description ‘antisemitic’ has lost all meaning, just like the term ‘terrorism’ has. They are both used so often that they have lost meaning.
As always, well done Jordan. Yes, we need to stop devoting so much time and energy to Harvard. But why aren't we addressing the enormous funding the U.S. government heaps on the Ivies every year? A recent piece in Reason.com addressed how - between 2018–2022 - the eight Ivy League schools plus Northwestern and Stanford received $33.1 billion in federal contracts and grants. Because of their enormous endowments, this needs to stop.
Hillsdale has merits but is Christian focused which is a match for some people but not for all.If current institutions will not change, they’re not useful for decent people. It’s sad that liberal arts has been corrupted but we will need to also establish what young people need for all of their specific career goals, pre law, pre med, etc. That’s a lot! I want to add that now ALL DEI= genocide. And if you’re not a Jew, you may be in the next group targeted for genocide on a whim (context=whim)
Harvard is basically a $40B hedge fund pretending to be an institution of higher learning with a president that is an academic joke but checks more than 1 DEI box.
This is exactly what I have been saying. I have friends who have kids in public school here in WA State which is a training ground for communism and woke incorporated, etc. They think they can reform public schools as they keep using all sorts of their energy trying to change something that cannot be changed. Instead of trying to reform public schools, let them die on the vine and let's start our own schools. At least the energy spent would actually accomplish something. You cannot change stupid. We need to build our own school system outside of public education.
Totally agree Mark. Ever heard of John Taylor Gatto? He was NY Teacher of the year 4x in a row and then quit when he realized you could never change education within the system. His work was pivotal in my book when I touched on education: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/the-history-of-you-a-book-that-connects
But you're 100% right. I don't think people know the true history and origins of education. Once we realize that it was literally a breeding ground -- even back in the early 1900s -- we then realize that we must change course:
https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/origins-of-modern-education
Franklin, Jon Taylor Gatto was National teacher of the year twice. He quit teaching and spent his life arguing against compulsory schooling. One of
his books, "Weapons of Mass Instruction" should be required reading in America.
I've never seen that information in any other place.
And books by Pete Hegseth are similar and more up to date. "The Miseducation of America".
Thanks for sharing. Very informative article about modern education.
The system we have is our system. How would you build a new system, decades and billions of dollars, and prevent the same problems from taking over the new system?
We can't even identify the real problem. We know exactly what the problem is. And Harvard would be a good place to illustrate just who the problem is.
I'm not against illustrating there is a problem, but we have a smaller system in place already. My children are in a conservative Christian School where they learn the 3 R's.....Reading, Riting and Rithmetic. Hillsdale College is a good start for higher education along with a few others across this country. Other people are expanding on those as we write.
Hillsdale college in Hillsdale, Michigan is another sane college. It's very old and its long history demonstrates that its refusal to accept a dime of federal money can pay off.
Let me guess...Hillsdale is Zionist.
Hillsdale is run by Christians so yes they probably are Pro-Zionists.
Harvard was started as a Christian college by a Christian minister. The real problem at Harvard and all Ivey league (and more) schools is Jewish.
If it's not taking Federal money, it probably isn.t Z.
FWIW, I think it's important to have a physical space for higher education in America. I'm not one of those tech bro people who believe in eradicating the system entirely. That's why I didn't mention that alternative in my piece!
Hillsdale College is definitely on the right track! I’ve been subscribing to free “Imprimus” for years. Hillsdale also gives free classes online...interesting subjects!
I spoke at Hillsdale earlier this year. Was such an eye opening experience.
Wow, Jordan! What an amazing experience! And, I’m sure Hillsdale welcomed you with open arms. Hillsdale, from what I’ve seen, loves Truth! Excellent!
I've taken several of the Hillsdale courses on line just for fun and out of curiosity, and they are wonderful. I mean, getting ten WWII lectures by VDH for free? That's pretty sweet. And the professor who teaches the Dante's Divine Comedy clearly loves his job and the material. Just 2 examples.
Great! I was taking “Dante’s Inferno”, but I haven’t gotten back to it, but I will!
I'm Canadian, but whenever a much younger friend, or acquaintance states: "But I went to an Ivy League school", I just SMH.
This meant something 40/50 years ago, but not anymore, sadly.
It didn't mean as much as we thought, 40-50 years ago. I visited a high school classmate at Harvard in 1967. He told me what his current English assignment was (it would take too long to describe it). I just looked at him in disbelief. He said "it's hard to get in, it's easy to stay in". The STEM classes were tougher.
Agree. But let’s remove and expose Harvard as an example of how woke barbarism can be defeated.
These elite Marxist boys and girls club colleges and universities waste a lot of our tax dollars. It’s way past time to turn the tax money spigot off.
I resent subsidizing elite rich spoiled brats’ education especially when these people have more political and economic influence on our lives.
Show’s over!!
I agree it's time to stop legitimizing Harvard's high status but we shouldn't forget about it. Instead we should tax the living $%#t out of it, for as commenter Green Hornet notes it's a hedge fund and should be treated as such. Which, by the way, a new administration should push changes in the tax code to erase all of that sector's sweetheart tax loopholes.
Has anyone seen their endowment fund? Not to shabby
Maybe when she was nominated, Harvard’s Governing Board simply mistook Claudia Gay for Claudia’s gay. Easy mistake in a noisy room and that would’ve punched her ticket 🤔
She looks like a guy. Maybe Claudia's trans.
I’ve never heard her speak actually but if she sounds anything close to Brittany Griner, I’m with you
Jordan...great article as usual. I have walked through Harvard Yard probably 500 times since moving to Boston and living in both Boston and Cambridge and Cape Cod since 1968...I know...I know...I'm getting up in age...nothing much I can do about it except to keep living and expressing my thoughts and feelings.
I don't relate to Cambridge...I never did. No one even looks at you in Cambridge...whether you are on the street or at Whole Foods. It's so cold. People in a big rush to get their food and leave...they are so aggresive...so much in their head...its hurts me....makes me sick. I guess that's what I really wanted to say....at least for me....it's so cold. At least in the hippie days people were friendly. Boston/Cambridge, in my opinion, is the emotionally coldest city in America.
Why on earth live there?
They're not even real marxists, at that.
Identity politics and special pleading and special interest groups and sorting by race/creed is all bourgeois liberal ideas, not marxist, in origin. A marxist analysis of their actions and words would yield that they are upper-class parasites trying to sow discord and splinter the working class along lines of identity in order to prevent unity among said workers, based on issues relating to class (income, taxation, opportunity to say "No" to employers, ability to save/build nest egg, right to work, et cetera).
Then again, I very much doubt any of them have read Adam Smith or Friedrich Engels.
Not that that makes anything better, it's just that by labelling everything one doesn't like or apporve of when it comes from people like the Harvard board and faculty as "marxism", neo or not, one blinds oneself to the sad fact that all ideologies and schools of ideas have contributed to what we often label political correctness or woke.
Terms and labels are important and turning "marxism" into something as watered-down and meaningless as "racism" is dangerous, as it removes any stigma associated.
It’s a sad paradox that the federal government has also become a cesspool of anti-Americanism. Yes, as Mark noted we need to build our own school system outside of public education.
It seems to me that the description ‘antisemitic’ has lost all meaning, just like the term ‘terrorism’ has. They are both used so often that they have lost meaning.
In a totalitarian government, words are redefined. Recall Newspeak in the book 1984 for an example.
As always, well done Jordan. Yes, we need to stop devoting so much time and energy to Harvard. But why aren't we addressing the enormous funding the U.S. government heaps on the Ivies every year? A recent piece in Reason.com addressed how - between 2018–2022 - the eight Ivy League schools plus Northwestern and Stanford received $33.1 billion in federal contracts and grants. Because of their enormous endowments, this needs to stop.
Hillsdale has merits but is Christian focused which is a match for some people but not for all.If current institutions will not change, they’re not useful for decent people. It’s sad that liberal arts has been corrupted but we will need to also establish what young people need for all of their specific career goals, pre law, pre med, etc. That’s a lot! I want to add that now ALL DEI= genocide. And if you’re not a Jew, you may be in the next group targeted for genocide on a whim (context=whim)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5mMUtVNbNE
A Cal to Action INCREDIBLE chant – a Palestinian-Jordan singer – @llunrmusic
https://x.com/dublinactivist/status/1734944865857757477?s=20