I snuck in the theatre, at the tender age of thirteen, and for my trouble had to sleep on the floor in my parents’ room for a week. What a fright I got!

Faking wokeness to fit in: A new study finds that nearly nine in ten students fake more progressive views than they really hold, often to appease professors or stay in their peers’ good graces. [Link below.]

Just updated my digital work ID. Looks like my retirement is deferred 974 years.

An example of a kind of Marxist writing that no longer exists. Originally published 1985. I say no longer exists because this has nothing to do with the School of Resentment. Clark uses the tools of historical materialism, not to condemn Western civilisation (or anything

The internet gave everyone a say, and we thought the world would be a better place. The internet gave everyone a mechanism to reinvent the music industry, and now I miss the barriers to entry that created what Sue heard.

Dad: I worked and saved all my life. Instead of blowing through all my money before I die, I will give it to my son. Son: Thank you, father. This will help me raise a family of my own. Freelance Journalist Abi Wilkinson: Isn't there someone you forgot to ask?

One of the finest film adaptations ever made. Made from one of the best novels ever written. And Stamp's performance is simply pitch perfect. RIP.

Today's the feast of St Helen, 3rd Century mother of Emperor Constantine, and by tradition the finder of the True Cross. A popular saint in late medieval England, with many survivals on wood and in glass. Here on the screen at Cawston, Norfolk. Cawston: norfolkchurches.co.uk/cawston/cawsto…

Kale is a terrific host. I'm honored that he asked me to join him for a discussion on great books. I could have talked all day long. Hope you will check it out.

THREAD: okay gonna go out on a limb at talk about this because i've spent a lot of time over the years digging into the color/presentation of this film, and why the Criterion UHD (furthest left) is going to be a better transfer than the two on the right 1/

Any reposting is *greatly* appreciated. I have no visibility on this platform. This is pretty much why I held off on self-publishing any of my work—if no one sees it, what on earth is the point? I’ll give the Substack novel a few weeks, but I predict it ain’t gonna last. 😔

Publication day! AUTHORITARIANS IN THE ACADEMY is officially out. Thanks to everyone, especially my colleagues at FIRE and my publisher Hopkins Press, who helped me get this from an idea to a draft to a finished book. It’s available for purchase now.

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We were heading toward at least the goal of a color blind society. That went out the window. Now we have to see race first and foremost as the most important thing. Watch "Summer of our Discontent" author Thomas Chatterton Williams join Bill Maher on Real Time:

“Conservatism starts from a sentiment that all mature people can readily share: the sentiment that good things are easily destroyed, but not easily created…” Sir Roger Scruton

Many jobs require an entire suite of progressive political commitments. One question I'd ask my leftwing peers is whether they think there are rightwing ads like this--such that the **field itself** is so brazenly ideologically laden that no leftwing person could even qualify.

Premier Smith comments on the case of the Ontario man charged after defending his property during a home invasion: "If you don't wanna get shot or beaten up, don't break into people's houses. It's pretty straightforward."

Here’s the complete list of words that Third Way says Dems shouldn’t use if they want to win: Therapy-Speak: Privilege Violence (as in "environmental violence") Dialoguing Othering Triggering Microaggression/assault/invalidation Progressive stack Centering Safe space Holding

I believe it’s the strongest endorsement possible of my book, Summer of Our Discontent, that the Wall Street Journal says my criticism of the left is spot on but complains I’m too hard on the right, and the New York Times says my criticism of the right is good but howls that I’m