…and its disproportionate effect on the humanities and social sciences. I was sad to see that she felt the need to say this early on: “Important skills and capabilities – qualities we know employers value and the economy needs – are being lost.” So much for the Humboldt ideal that universities teach knowledge and skills that are necessary for being a fully developed human being–not that the capitalist class cares about that!




I first met Tom around 2002. I was a graduate student in Philosophy at UVA and dating someone who was…