Freddie deBoer | Substack

My recent post on education and optimism bias received a lot of attention, mostly positive. It occurred to me that, as I’ve written so much on this topic, it may be hard for new readers to get caught up. So here I’m laying out my gloss on the overall state of American education…

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As I get older, explicitly political questions interest me less and less, and I’m motivated more and more to write about human conditions that are, in a sense, pre-political. I feel that intensely when it comes to the various conversations that we’re having about the role of…

Mar 27

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Mar 23

the eighty-sixth digest post

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less-celebrated but better movies

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a case of arrested development

Mar 23

Long-troubled actress Amanda Bynes has apparently been checked into a psychiatric facility to address the mental illness that has plagued her for years…

Mar 21

What follows is a piece that I was commissioned to write for an education publication called The Grade. On submission they declared that the piece was…

Mar 19

I'd rather use any other term at this point, but can we get real please?

Mar 15

Subscriber Open Thread, 3/14/2023 If you're looking for a prompt, here's one: if home mortgage lenders will only lend up to the appraised value of a house, how do people ever bid…

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There was a time when Michael Laudor was one of the most prominent mentally ill people in the United States, and by extension, the world. The youngest…

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the eighty-fifth digest post

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