Philip Shenon, Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church. A very well-written and useful book, I cannot say I have a stance on the issues per se. It is one of my defects that I cannot care enough about the politics of the Catholic Church — I feel there are already too many separate countries with their own politics. Nor do I feel close to either “the liberals” or “the conservatives” in this debate. I do think the current American Pope — who seems “pilled” on many things — will be a big deal, I suspect mostly for the better
A World on Fire Los Angeles Review of Books
The Group Behind Project 2025 Has a Plan to Crush the Pro-Palestinian Movement New York Times
Judge temporarily blocks Trump admin from revoking Harvard enrollment of foreign studentsReuters ). Hearing on the 29th. It will still take some time (given the high profile of this case, my guess is at most 10 days) for the judge to issue an order, unless the judge deems the case of one side to be so weak that she rules from the bench. I don’t regard the latter as likely since even if so, it does not look so hot to an appeals court.
Harvard v the Department of Homeland Security
Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Move to Bar International Students New York Times. Recaps argument in the complaint.
Trump’s Assault on Harvard Is an Astonishing Act of National Self-Sabotage Yascha Mounk
These Are the U.S. Universities Most Dependent on International Students New York Times (resilc)
TRUMP IS BUILDING A GLOBAL GULAG FOR IMMIGRANTS CAPTURED BY ICE The Intercept
