Paul Bloom’s recent essay in The Chronicle of Higher Education, “Why Aren’t Professors Braver?,” makes a point that resonates beyond universities. He argues that the very process of American education selects for caution rather than courage. From the earliest stages of schooling, US students learn that advancement depends on following rules, deferring to authority, and…

Cloaking Inequity By Julian Vasquez Heilig

17.10.2025

The Tollbooth President: Trump’s Tariffs, TikTok, and the New Price of Power and Profit – Cloaking Inequity

Picture this as satire: you’re driving down Pennsylvania Avenue and the White House has become a tollbooth—pure metaphor, not a factual claim. Inside, a neon-vested Donald Trump leans out and says, “Pay up,” lowering the striped barrier. What follows is commentary and opinion based on publicly reported facts from U.S. and international outlets. Those reports describe payments, settlements, lobbying, and access-seeking…

Cloaking Inequity By Julian Vasquez Heilig

18.10.2025

The 2025 Nobel Laureate Who Saw The Collapse Coming – Cloaking Inequity

When the Swedish Academy announced that Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai had won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art,” it resonated far beyond the literary world. Krasznahorkai has long been called the “master of the apocalypse,” a writer…

Cloaking Inequity By Julian Vasquez Heilig

19.10.2025

Sunlight on the Shadows: What a Leaked GOP Chat Reveals about the Party’s Future – Cloaking Inequity

For seven months, in a private Telegram chat, Young Republican party officials and activists from New York to Arizona exchanged racist, homophobic, and antisemitic messages so vile they could have come from the darkest corners of the internet. They joked about loving Hitler, mocked Black people as “watermelon people” and "monkeys" hurled slurs at LGBTQ+…

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Distorting Reality: How Education Makes Us Fear Our Own Voices – Cloaking Inequity

The Tollbooth President: Trump’s Tariffs, TikTok, and the New Price of Power and Profit – Cloaking Inequity

The 2025 Nobel Laureate Who Saw The Collapse Coming – Cloaking Inequity

Sunlight on the Shadows: What a Leaked GOP Chat Reveals about the Party’s Future – Cloaking Inequity

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