I’ve been traveling a lot as the end of the fiscal year approaches. This isn’t just the usual fundraising — I also got to meet my first grandchild! Luc is a few weeks old, and he’s beautiful (and smart!). No pics allowed online yet, but Papi Mike is very happy to hold the little fella.
Now we are off to Massachusetts for some walking, swimming, and our usual summer writing projects. Mathilde doesn’t understand why we don’t just hang out in the pool with her!
Happy Summer, Wesleyans!
I am just back from Washington, D.C., where I participated in a panel sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Center on “disinvitations.” There are many important free speech issues in the country right now, and I don’t think commencement disinvitations is one of them. I might put demonizing the press at the top of my list. In any case, I offered my two cents (and misspoke in calling Justice Scalia “Chief Justice”) on what I do think about the need for “safe-enough spaces” on college campuses. You can read about the panel here, or, if you have the time, here’s a video of the event.
Happy Juneteenth!
