Archive - Ras-Stack

May 2025

"We'll Just Have to Drop the Sociology Department"

So goes the punchline of an old Doonesbury cartoon, after the deans are talking about their financial woes in the first few panels.

May 26 •

April 2025

"Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" Was Revealed as Cultural Marxism, So Indiana University Has Relabelled "DEI" as "AESI"

"Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion"—commonly abbreviated as DEI— has become unfashionable after the excesses of the woke era in promoting cultural…

Apr 24

Trump's Demand that Harvard Departments Have "Viewpoint Diversity"

On April 11, President Trump sent a letter to Harvard with various demands, threatening to cut off federal science grants if Harvard does not comply.

Apr 17 •

February 2025

Abolish Trapezoids

As I was recovering from a bout of flu contracted after my visit to the Indiana Senate last Wednesday, I had an idea: Abolish the trapezoid.

Feb 10 •

Cornell's Alumni Trustee Election-- Unlawfully Rigged by the Trustees?

Why nonprofit corporations are more likely than for-profit corporations or governments to be corrupt

Feb 3 •

January 2025

Birthright Citizenship: The Issue Is Not the 14th Amendment, but Unclean Hands

I don’t like posting twice in one day, but this issue is time-sensitive, since a judge has blocked Trump’s executive order.

Jan 24 •

Whistleblower Gary Shapley Should Be Appointed Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service

[P.S.: Jason Foster tells me that Gary Shapley *does* meet the GS-15 pay requirement, and is eligible to be Acting Commissioner.]

Jan 24 •

TikTok I: Can Trump Refuse to Enforce the Law? Can He Delay Enforcing It? Can He Buy TikTok?

There has a been a lot of wrong-headed talk about what will happen and should happen with the TikTok Law, so I’ll write about it.

Jan 20 •

My weekly Curmudgeons’ Lunch at the Cloverleaf Cafe met today.

Jan 17 •

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