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Wall Street Journal
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
Why Being A Mere Millionaire Is a Failure, According to Jason Schwartzman
This article contains spoilers for 'Mountainhead.' In the world of the ultrarich, some wear the scarlet 'M.'
National Post
6 days ago
- General
- National Post
Anthony Koch: Anti-elitism is antithetical to the conservative tradition
Article content But crowds do not think. They react. They surge, scream and stampede. As the crowd grows, the mind shrinks. That is the enduring lesson of the revolution: when the mob is sovereign, civilization burns. Article content The conservative does not idolize the mob. He fears it. He respects the people but insists they deserve more than flattery. They deserve leadership. Real leadership — wise, learned, prudent and self-restrained. The kind that builds cathedrals rather than chasing hashtags. The kind that governs with duty rather than ruling for applause. Article content Our problem today is not that we have elites. It's that they are unworthy of the station they hold. They sneer at tradition, mock virtue and outsource their conscience to PR firms and DEI consultants. They lack the moral formation, the historical consciousness and the sense of stewardship that once defined true aristocracy — not of blood, but of character. Article content What we need is not to abolish elites, but to demand better ones. We need statesmen, not managers; custodians, not careerists; a ruling class that sees its role not as a license to exploit, but as a duty to preserve — to pass on the best of what came before, and to elevate what lies ahead. Article content Article content That is the conservative vision: a society not of rigid castes or phony egalitarianism, but of ordered liberty, guided by a moral elite that's worthy of its name. A society where hierarchy is not oppression but harmony; where authority is earned, and exercised with humility. Article content Article content Article content
Fox News
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Harvard president pressed on why Americans hate university, acknowledges 'real problems we should address'
Harvard University President Alan Garber was pressed on why Americans dislike the elite institution during an interview with The Wall Street Journal amid the university's back-and-forth with President Donald Trump. Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Emma Tucker pressed Garber on why "a lot of people in America really hate Harvard." Trump recently announced he would be freezing federal funds that go to the university, and Harvard responded by filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration. As Garber noted that there was a strong dislike for elite universities in general, he added, "But I will say that we've had some real problems that we should address. One of them is the perceived lack of ideological diversity, among our faculty and among our students." "I have to say that there's recent evidence that makes me think maybe this is overblown, even though I think it's a real problem. But the perception is out there that we are an almost uniformly left-wing institution," he said. JEWISH HARVARD STUDENTS SPEAK OUT AFTER UNIVERSITY SUES TRUMP ADMIN OVER FUNDING FREEZE Tucker then pressed Garber on why the faculty at Harvard skewed liberal, citing a study by The Harvard Crimson that found that over 77% of the faculty surveyed in 2023 identified as either "very liberal" or "liberal." "One thing I can tell you is it's nothing deliberate about our hiring policies or our tenure policies, and I think there are certain fields with people with more liberal or left-wing points of view feel more welcome. It may be that we don't have as many conservatives as we should have. Part of it also may be that people don't feel comfortable speaking out when they disagree," he said. He said that part of what Harvard faculty needed to do was "promote the idea that it doesn't matter what your personal views are, you need to teach in a way that is fair to multiple points of view." Garber said during an interview with "NBC Nightly News" anchor Lester Holt in late April that he had no choice but to fight the Trump administration. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "I would say at Harvard, we have a problem with antisemitism. We take it very seriously, and we are trying to address it. There's no doubt about the severity of that problem. We don't really see the relationship to research funding at Harvard and other universities. They are two different issues," Garber told NBC. Garber released a letter on April 29 apologizing for the university's failure to address both antisemitic and anti-Muslim/Arab tensions on campus in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Harvard University also released reports from its presidential task forces on antisemitism and anti-Israeli bias, as well as anti-Muslim, anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian bias. In a letter to the university, Garber expressed his gratitude for the teams' work and lamented the rise of bigotry and "sometimes violent clashes" occurring on campus. "The 2023-24 academic year was disappointing and painful," Garber's letter began. "I am sorry for the moments when we failed to meet the high expectations we rightfully set for our community. The grave, extensive impact of the October 7, 2023, Hamas assault on Israel and its aftermath had serious repercussions on our campus." Fox News' Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.
