HeyJaredArt Jipson
Husband, Father, Cat Dad, Sociologist, Teacher at the University of Dayton, Writer, Music Lover, Radio DJ, Presenter, and Gardener. He/Him/His. Posts are my own. Live Kindness & Hope.
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Finding Space to Think in the Fire Hose (opens the original)
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There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes with the busiest parts of an academic semester. It is not simply being tired, and it is not even the familiar exhaustion that comes from teaching multiple classes, grading papers, answering emails, attending meetings, serving on committees, completing reports, and trying to keep up with everything that seems to arrive in your inbox before you have finished responding to what arrived there five minutes earlier. It is the exhaustion of having alm
Selling the Swag, Sharing the Spirit (opens the original)
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There are plenty of ways to spend a beautiful fall weekend in Dayton, but one of my favorites is to spend part of it volunteering at the Dayton Art Institute’s Oktoberfest. This year, like past years, I found myself behind the merchandise table, selling Oktoberfest T-shirts, mugs, pins, and hats—and having a genuinely wonderful time doing it.At first glance, selling T-shirts and the newly designed collectible mugs might not seem like the most exciting volunteer assignment. But that is part of wh
When the Social Contract Stops Feeling Real (opens the original)
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Americans have been losing faith in their institutions for years. The more unsettling question now is what happens when people stop believing that those institutions are even trying to tell the truth.That distinction matters. Distrust is not the same thing as disagreement. A citizen can strongly disagree with a president, a political party, a university, a church, a newspaper or a social movement while still believing that the institution is fundamentally legitimate and that the people operating
When Politics Decides What Science Gets Funded (opens the original)
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This is an important moment to ask what happens when politics begins deciding what science gets funded. Over the past several days, that question has become considerably less abstract. On September 18, senior Trump administration officials debated the NIH’s grant-making process in the Oval Office. By September 19, reporting indicated that the White House was developing an executive order that could create an external board with power to review or veto NIH grants.The timing matters. The administr
George Soros and the far right’s conspiracy machine (opens the original)
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George Soros is a real person. He is extraordinarily wealthy. He has spent billions of dollars through the Open Society Foundations supporting causes involving democracy, civil liberties, criminal justice, education, human rights and social equality. He has also made substantial political contributions.Those facts matter.But they are not the same thing as the elaborate conspiracy narrative that has developed around him.That distinction is important because a recent fundraising appeal from AMAC A
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