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Eloise Davies @eloisedavies.bsky.social · 10h

What an excellent week for new books! Today’s congratulations to my brilliant former colleague @tmbejan.bsky.social. Excited to read. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Just means (1) I bought it in 1990, and (2) it's been carefully read!

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy to have gotten a clean copy of Kant’s Lectures on Ethics, but somewhat sad that the University of Pittsburgh is dumping classics from their department library!

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Few things make me happier than seeing students in office hours share their thoroughly-marked-up texts.

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

File under: 1) even a broken clock is right twice a day, and 2) the enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend.

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In the very near future, universities will be measured by the degree to which they frankly acknowledge and address the damage to learning that AI inflicts on every student. In the meantime, administrators race to prostrate themselves before SV for crumbs. It's gross. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Unplugging is easily the best solution.

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Sharing this new Foreign Policy essay from @arturochang.bsky.social, featuring arguments from his new @princetonupress.bsky.social book, A New World of Revolutions.

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Yes, did them once! They were so good--should do it again before school resumes!

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

To be fair, he could get much larger crowds if he promised them they could desecrate the Capitol Building again.

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Kristen Collins @kristenrosec.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Pumped to share this latest Virtual Sentiments episode with @lkatfield.bsky.social perfectly timed for Independence Day weekend (and her Best Book Award win from APSA’s American Political Thought section!) Available wherever you prefer to listen to podcasts! open.substack.com/pub/kristenc...

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Virtual Sentiments Podcast: Laura Field on the Making of the MAGA New Right

A perfect pairing for your Independence Day weekend road trips

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Happy Canada Day to all who celebrate!

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Thanks for this. The simple question that Klein never asked was, "Why does it seem to every reasonable person that the issues really animating you are the ones shared by White Nationalists?"

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Does anyone have access to this book review? muse.jhu.edu/pub/420/arti...

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Project MUSE -- Verification required!

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Gregory Claeys @gclaeyshistory.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Tomorrow is the official publication day for Thomas Paine: Collected Writings, in 6 volumes, from Princeton University Press. Just in time for the 250th...

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Great news for trillionaires concerned about tyrannical limits on their free speech, I guess?

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Supreme Court Lifts Spending Limits on Political Parties and Candidates

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Does anyone have access to this book review? muse.jhu.edu/pub/420/arti...

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Project MUSE -- Verification required!

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

You may want to stop by the location where Ambrose used to preach. It's also near the lovely Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilic...

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Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio - Wikipedia

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I saw it was there from the Rick Steeves guidebook, so made it a priority!

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Was there in March and took exactly the same picture!

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UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

What would Plato make of a trillionaire? New @nytopinion.nytimes.com op-ed by Stone Center affiliate @laywilliams.bsky.social explores trillion-dollar fortunes through Plato’s ideas and modern inequality metrics, asking how we make sense of wealth at this scale. Read the article below👇

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

New essay on meritocracy, part of an outstanding collection of essays on meritocracy, edited by @durlauf.bsky.social and James Robinson in the The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science based on conference at @ucstonecenter.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This is why you don't elect billionaires to be president, I submit.

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Extremely pleased the @nytimes.com saw fit to print my little essay contextualizing Musk's trillionaire status with the well-considered advice of Plato, capping wealth at four times that of the poorest citizen.

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Opinion | Elon Musk Confirms Ancient Concerns About the Superrich

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

My students are amazed when they consider Plato's proposal to prohibit private property to the ruling class. Yet it makes so much sense!

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Thanks for sharing, Steve! (Indeed, the numbers boggle.)

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Makes me so happy to see a DePaul family out there in the world. Glad you liked the piece!

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Delighted to share my guest essay from this morning's @nytimes.com opinion section. And kudos to the Times for their excellent artwork!

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Surprising fact: my first ever publication (in Telos) was a critique of Habermas.

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Dialogical Theories of Justice

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