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(Really: José Casado del Alisal, "The Bell of Huesca," 1880)

I don't really care for or about Tate, but the carnival-barker approach is just weird, right?

And here: www.nationalaffairs.com/publications...

Toward Real DecentralizationDecentralization plays a huge role in conservative rhetoric, but far too small a role in conservative governing. Despite nods to the value of federalism and localism, leaders on the right haven't...www.nationalaffairs.com

If anyone is interested in this issue, I would recommend Andy Smarick as a reasonable voice on the center right: thedispatch.com/article/what...

What the Narrative on School Reopenings Has MissedDespite the attention that teachers unions have generated, surveys show that parents have been reluctant to rush back to in-person instruction.thedispatch.com

Just a reminder: the federal government has almost nothing to do with local school administration, including closure decisions, one way or another...

campbellfscribner.substack.com/p/horses-are...

Horses Are People, TooPablo Picasso, “Boy Leading a Horse” (1906)campbellfscribner.substack.com

(Just got my first. Politely declined.)

3/ Second, this recent piece by Gregory Robson, on epistemic humility and the question of when/whether "a priori" notions of justice should ground or limit experimental or customary approaches. philpapers.org/rec/ROBACF-3

2/ First, this classic essay by Nathan Glazer, on the ambiguities of welfare reform and the recursive "feedback loops" of social policy generally. www.commentary.org/articles/nat...

(I was only half joking...)

Why does she paint so many flowers?

Indeed, as Bryan Warnick and I have written, the ambiguous constitutional status of education is why so many school issues (from desegregation to finance to punishment to Affirmative Action) so often end up in a hazy limbo of "quasi-suspect classes" and "intermediate scrutiny."