NotableThe high cost of silent classrooms. “We can build technology that amplifies what teachers do best, or we can sleepwalk our way into letting it replace them.” — Shael Polakow-Suransky, president of the Bank Street College of Education Israel is shaking the Middle East. “Perhaps Mr. Netanyahu is moving so fast because he recognizes the risks of dwindling American backing.” — Megan K. Stack, contributing Opinion writer What liberals get wrong about the middle class. “The rising tide has lifted all boats notably, even if unequally.” — Stephen J. Rose and Scott Winship, labor economists Spotlight
Why Everyone Wants Jon Ossoff to Run for PresidentThe Georgia senator is excoriating Trump and his systemic corruption in a way that transcends the Democratic Party’s progressive-moderate divide, Michelle Goldberg writes. ICYMIWho will account for another foreign policy failure? “Rather than being asked to reckon with their past errors, advocates of war are routinely offered a clean slate to promote war yet again.” — Peter Beinart, contributing Opinion writer I spend my weekends punching people. “I confess that I fantasized a little bit about a reborn version of myself — lean and dangerous, somebody not to be messed with. But that’s not quite what I’ve found while training.” — Matthew Denton-Edmundson, professor of creative writing More in OpinionIn Your WordsRe: “It’s No Wonder Grads Are Booing Their Commencement Speakers” I have been a college professor for nearly 40 years. Tomorrow will be my last Commencement. It is time to go. I know it is popular (see the comments here) to accuse students of being lazy ignorant naifs who use A.I. because it sure beats thinking. There are folks like that out there. But I continue to have a deep and abiding faith in the young people who each year go forth to do their best to fix this broken world. The painters, the poets, the musicians, the novelists and, yes, the scientists who bring joy and meaning that goes beyond data. I am retiring fully convinced that it has been better to help light some candles than to simply curse the darkness. Graduates? Bless you all.— A comment posted by John from Bar Harbor, Maine Read more comments on the story here and check out our Letters to the Editor.
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