Tommy Barone

The roots of Harvard's modern transformation stretch all the way back to the protests of the 1960s. My latest, in @BostonGlobe, tells the deep story about how the university has changed — and how events since October 7th may set it on a different course. bostonglobe.com/2025/11/30/opi…

I can't imagine a more disinteresting and strangled way of engaging with the life and legacy of Jürgen Habermas than summarily dismissing him for his views on Israel.

Was just delighted to learn that my mom initially thought the Raye song "Where the Hell is my Husband" was about a woman who was impatient with her husband, say, because he was late coming home from the store.

I'm such a Jon Ossoff 2028 truther it's not even funny

There is a distinct lack of slop bowl in London, and I am finding this rather inconvenient

This tonal shift obviously doesn't address the fundamental drivers of the decline in broadcast news viewership, but I bet it appeals to most Americans, and it could distinguish CBS from NBC and ABC. Conventional journalistic objectivity, a la those latter two, can lack voice!

Pretty clear object lesson in Bari Weiss' vision for CBS

I would really like to see Wes Anderson take on suburbia

Alan Garber, who previously intended to remain as Harvard's president only temporarily, will stay on for the indefinite future. Full message to community, delivered to my inbox just now.

@ettingermentum I see Talarico as astroturf until proven otherwise and, currently, about a galaxy away from a presidential nomination

The crazy thing here is that Talarico has a very real argument for #1 if he locks in and wins this primary

Particularly glad the New Yorker review called out the Didion pastiche. The Santa Ana winds shit is so on-the-nose it's embarrassing.

Keep the American Canto pans coming plz

You were simply not locked in on Black Friday if you were doing it on a single screen

If Derek hadn't blocked me for this, I would've replied that imaginativeness without rigor is as intellectually impoverished as it is irresponsible. Popular commentary that wants to be intellectual ought to abide by some version of academic standards, including falsifiability.

What if instead of this we tried to make arguments that were even just sort of provable

If you think the homogeneously left-leaning politics of elite universities are a problem, you ought to have an account of how this became so despite a selection mechanism that is, by all accounts, politics-blind

Probably not a great sign that Obama's stumping for Mikie Sherrill in NJ?

Take a wild guess at what I'm being for Halloween

Unspeakable. $7.50.

Happening next Wednesday, for those interested!