Adam Serwer

1 day ago | respekt.cz | Adam Serwer

Kontext••26 minutKroky dnešní administrativy připomínají období temna, které následovalo po pádu Říma (The Atlantic)Když barbarští válečníci plenili Řím, neměli v úmyslu odsoudit západní Evropu ke staletím nevzdělanosti. Nebyl to předvídatelný důsledek jejich činů. To samé není možné říct o rozsáhlém útoku na lidské vědění a pokrok, který nyní podniká Trumpova administrativa – o záměrné likvidaci vzdělání, vědy a historie.

5 days ago | adn.com | Adam Serwer

The warlords who sacked Rome did not intend to doom Western Europe to centuries of ignorance. It was not a foreseeable consequence of their actions. The same cannot be said of the sweeping attack on human knowledge and progress that the Trump administration is now undertaking — a deliberate destruction of education, science and history, conducted with a fanaticism that recalls the Dark Ages that followed Rome’s fall. Every week brings fresh examples.

1 week ago | sueddeutsche.de | Adam Serwer

The warlords who sacked Rome did not intend to doom Western Europe to centuries of ignorance. It was not a foreseeable consequence of their actions. The same cannot be said of the sweeping attack on human knowledge and progress that the Trump administration is now undertaking—a deliberate destruction of education, science, and history, conducted with a fanaticism that recalls the Dark Ages that followed Rome’s fall.

1 week ago | theatlantic.com | Adam Serwer

The warlords who sacked Rome did not intend to doom Western Europe to centuries of ignorance. It was not a foreseeable consequence of their actions. The same cannot be said of the sweeping attack on human knowledge and progress that the Trump administration is now undertaking—a deliberate destruction of education, science, and history, conducted with a fanaticism that recalls the Dark Ages that followed Rome’s fall. Every week brings fresh examples.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Adam Serwer

1 day agoCNN — President Donald Trump announced he is granting a “full and unconditional pardon” to a former Virginia sheriff, Scott Jenkins, who was convicted of conspiracy, honest services fraud and bribery. “This Sheriff is a victim of an overzealous Biden Department of Justice, and doesn’t deserve to …