Chad Aaron Hall

First, traditional public universities have fallen short in preparing students to assume leadership roles in a pluralist democracy. To be an effective leader, one must understand and mediate between diverse perspectives—a skill set sorely lacking in many of today’s graduates. Second, schools have failed in this mission in part because faculties... See more

This is why true happiness cannot be contingent upon any notion of satisfaction. Because to be satisfied is to imply an endpoint.

“Be a detective in your own life”, as Sarah Silverman says on her podcast.

The only way you’re happy is when the thought of pursuing it ceases. When you’re content with whatever you’re doing, regardless of how it’s going or what the results may be.

Usually, however, people who say "the Constitution is not a suicide pact" view that statement as a trump card. This policy might be unconstitutional, they implicitly concede, but we should pursue it anyway because the stakes are too high to follow "doctrinaire logic" rather than "practical wisdom." That way of thinking is tantamount to saying that... See more

Significantly, more than half the FBI agents that did look into Casolaro’s death “questioned the conclusion of suicide” and recommended further investigation. This level of doubt “was especially significant, because even at that time (December 1992), it was clear that to express those views risked one’s own judgment being called into question.” For... See more