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Washington Post
a day ago
- General
- Washington Post
Former Homeland Security official fights back against Trump's 'unprecedented' investigation order
WASHINGTON — A former Homeland Security official during President Donald Trump's first administration who authored an anonymous op-ed sharply critical of the president is calling on independent government watchdogs to investigate after Trump ordered the department to look into his government service. Miles Taylor , once chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, warned in an interview with The Associated Press of the far-reaching implications of Trump's April 9 memorandum , 'Addressing Risks Associated with an Egregious Leaker and Disseminator of Falsehoods,' when it comes to suppressing criticism of the president. That memo accused Taylor of concocting stories to sell his book and directed the secretary of Homeland Security and other government agencies to look into Taylor and strip him of any security clearances.
Wall Street Journal
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
‘I Would Say.' Please, Don't
Brenda Cronin hits a variety of language abuses in her op-ed 'In Closure, May I Say That 'Been a Minute' Is Legend' (May 29): Here's another: 'I would say' is now ubiquitous when an interviewee then says whatever he wishes to say. Please, just say it. Can you imagine someone writing, 'I would write,' and then making his point in writing? Michael Y. Warder Sr.
Wall Street Journal
22-05-2025
- Science
- Wall Street Journal
How Teachers Can Defeat AI
As someone also in the academic trenches, I appreciated John J. Goyette's op-ed 'How to Stop Students From Cheating With AI' (May 20). My plan for the autumn semester is to offer an old-school approach: Students who take handwritten notes in physical notebooks will be allowed to take exams 'open book.' Hopefully this will disincentivize using computers in the classroom and reinstill in students the value of note-taking. Perhaps this will even lead to the return of some creative doodling. Prof. Eric Zolov
