At @utah.edu, this is an actual training that faculty have to mindlessly click through. Are all these banal online trainings a thing at all universities now?

New from me & Matt McKeever: the Trump administration purses pro-natalism by giving with one hand while taking away with the other.

Millions of Californians are at risk of going hungry as CalFresh and other federal benefits are delayed. But we don’t wait — we act. Step up and support your neighbors: volunteer, donate, or spread the word. Together, we can help those in need. #OperationFeedCA @calvolunteers.bsky.social

My debut for @motherjones.com explores the Trump administration’s ambivalent pro-natalism. Thanks for the midwifery, @michaelmechanic.bsky.social. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This is the first I'm hearing of diversity statements for one's bibliography, & I'm curious: is there anyone who doesn't use generative AI to produce this sort of content? HT @soumitrashukla.bsky.social

It's the 60th anniversary of the Moynihan Report, & my colleague Matt McKeever & I aver that progressives and conservatives alike need to have another look at this "prophetic document." No paywall vvv quillette.com/2025/10/04/i...

My pets are cuter than yours.

Charlie Kirk’s widow is fundraising off her husband’s murder less than a week later.

To counter Trump regime attacks on their public university systems and other institutions, states should issue bonds, hold ballot initiatives, or related measures. University of California system debt has an AA rating. Resist Trump abuses, support higher ed, and a fairly safe investment all in one.

There were TWO mass shootings on Monday, though only the one in NYC drew big coverage. The other was at a resort in Reno, NV, where three victims died and three others were injured. Our pioneering database, launched 13 years ago, now documents 153 mass shootings www.motherjones.com/politics/201...

Are we experiencing "late capitalism" now that autism spectrum has become an important demo for the toothbrush market?

[email protected] has just released video for my panel with Lee Jussim & Deandre Poole last month for my book Professors Speak Out. Paging PSO contributors @robertfrodeman.bsky.social @liamomaraiv.bsky.social @jmxprod.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=icIu...

An Aussie blogger reviews my book Professors Speak Out: The Truth About Campus Investigations. Tagging POS contributors @PsychRabble @eweissunburied @LiamOMaraIV @FrancesWiddows1 comments.bmartin.cc/2025/07/18/t...

George Mason is a strange choice of universities for Trump to target. Its been the beneficiary of extensive Koch bros largesse. The law school is even named after Antonin Scalia.

My university just circulated suggested rephrasing for a bunch of terms that trigger the federal granting agencies. Here are some of the offending terms. The list comes from a lobbying outfit called Thorn Hill, which lists both govt & corporate sponsors.

One minute behind the wheel of this Trabant made it clear what a failure communism is.

Oof

Tomorrow I'll be interviewed about my book Professors Speak Out by Wilfred Reilly on WVLK radio from 11:30-noon. Listen at: www.wvlkam.com Tagging PSO contributors @robertfrodeman.bsky.social @liamomaraiv.bsky.social @jmxprod.bsky.social

Yes, this is bad for porn. But porn famously has no clear legal definition. As such: This is a direct path to censoring anything the GOP wants to censor and can argue is “adult” - info on birth control, queer identity, anything about trans people or gender diversity or safe sex or HIV or drag or

This is a real text a friend sent me about the New York mayoral election.

At the @heterodoxacademy.bsky.social meeting, I’ve learned that personality testing was suppressed in Soviet psychology because it undermined the state’s belief in its ability to craft the New Soviet Man. Interesting.

Daphne’s got higher aspirations in the kitchen than I have at this particular moment.

Much of this two hour podcast nominally about my book Professors Speak is me arguing about politics & higher ed with the host. NB @robertfrodeman.bsky.social @liamomaraiv.bsky.social @jmxprod.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAEF...

Wilson is perhaps the most eminent sociologist of the past half century, so anything that brings him back into public view is a good thing. A Wilson tidbit: he called the 1965 Moynihan report a "prophetic document."

My late father's advice to grad students on how to write academic papers. www.nicholaswolfinger.com/blog/2025/05...

William Julius Wilson is perhaps the leading sociologist of the past half-century, so I welcome any effort to inject his work into public discourse.

I’ll just reiterate that voters who read newspapers and watch the network news, the forms of media most readily attacked here for ‘sane washing’ (or whatever), were far more likely to not vote for Trump — www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

I know Yglesias isn't everyone's favorite, but it's amazing how angry many people -often with PhDs-get at a suggestion that there are tradeoffs in politics. Remarkably, many who purport to believe the republic is hanging by a thread are in the "no compromise with the voters!" camp.

A decade later, my research on marriage age and divorce is part of the AI slop clickbait canon. hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hit...

One hour until my Professors Speak Out webinar, with contributors Rutgers psychologist Lee Jussim & former Air Force Academy Colonel Dave Porter telling their stories. Sign up for free here. & tagging PSO contributor @robertfrodeman.bsky.social jamesgmartin.center/event/profes...

[email protected] is hosting a webinar for my book Professors Speak Out on June 18 at 11:30am PDT. I'll be joined by contributors Buddy Ullman & @jmxprod.bsky.social. NB @robertfrodeman.bsky.social @liamomaraiv.bsky.social thefire-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Somewhat predictably, the University of Austin has failed to live up to its ideals of open inquiry and ideological pluralism. Here's one academic's experience. quillette.com/2025/05/16/i...

This article about my book Professors Speak Out in College Fix was less political than I feared. NB @liamomaraiv.bsky.social @robertfrodeman.bsky.social @jmxprod.bsky.social www.thecollegefix.com/new-mccarthy...

At the University of Utah, irritable bowel syndrome counts as a disability.

My @heterodoxacademy.bsky.social webinar for my book Professors Speak Out starts in 45 minutes, at 1pm PDT. It'll be moderated by @alicedreger.bsky.social. NB @liamomaraiv.bsky.social @robertfrodeman.bsky.social @jmxprod.bsky.social heterodoxacademy.org/events/when-...

Still time to sign up for my @heterodoxacademy.bsky.social webinar at 1pm PDT on Wednesday, May 14. I'll be talking about my new book Professors Speak Out, along w/ two contributors. @alicedreger.bsky.social will moderate. Register here: heterodoxacademy.org/events/when-...

my vet, who's hard of hearing: can you repeat your cat's name me:

The Institute for Family Studies just ran an excerpt of my & @profmckeever.bsky.social's new book Thanks for Nothing: The Economics of Single Motherhood since 1980. ifstudies.org/blog/the-pov...

Lots of coverage of my book Professors Speak Out. Here's an hour long interview on the Coming From Left Field podcast (or just via your pod app). www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB_2...

Without NSF grants we wouldn't have the internet (1st funded by DARPA) or web browsers. This means we wouldn't have had Twitter, or the Trump presidencies. So when you think about it, NSF really did this to itself.

If you missed yesterday's webinar on my book Professor Speak Out, you can listen here: www.youtube.com/live/PqdodEv... @robertfrodeman.bsky.social & Jason Kilborn also participated.

Trump supporters insisting that tariffs don't raise prices remind me of socialists and communists insisting that rent controls don't cause housing shortages.

Tomorrow at 1pm PDT I'm doing a webinar with NAS to promote my book Professors Speak Out. I'll be joined by @robertfrodeman.bsky.social & Jason Kilborn, & we'll recount what it's like to be investigated by your university. www.eventbrite.com/e/professors...

[email protected] interviewed me & @profmckeever.bsky.social for our new book Thanks for Nothing: The Economics of Single Motherhood since 1980. Got a new book? Xavier is the best long-form interviewer around. Thank you kind sir. convergingdialogues.substack.com/p/413-single...

For all the new (and old) followers: My podcast, Converging Dialogues, aims to engage in healthy and spirited dialogue with people from all perspectives in psychology, philosophy, and social/political issues. Hope everyone takes a listen and subscribes. Convergingdialogues.substack.com

Here's a short interview with me & @profmckeever.bsky.social about our new book Thanks for Nothing: The Economics of Single Motherhood since 1980 conducted by @ccfamilies.bsky.social thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/03/...

Another write up about my book with @nickwolfinger.bsky.social : thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/03/...

Here's a short interview with me & @profmckeever.bsky.social about our new book Thanks for Nothing: The Economics of Single Motherhood since 1980 conducted by @ccfamilies.bsky.social thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/03/...

dang, guess everyone is so distracted by this Hegseth scandal that my elementary school can get back to giving sex change operations during recess. WIN