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Charles Mathewes
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I teach religion & ethics @ UVa
I'm mostly here to find books & articles I don't yet know about
Sometimes also interested in opinions, but not as often as many of you seem to believe
this is made worse & more powerful b/c they don't see it, b/c they think their phones are not institutions, but their phones ARE institutions, among the most powerful ever invented by humanity, thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
(b) they get most of their info from social media which come to them via their phones, therefore (c) young people today are the most "institutionalized" generation ever, because they are unprecedentedly influenced, even sometimes determined, by their phones, &
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I know Rob Iliffe a little bit--a generous and serious scholar. Thanks for his lecture!
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Reposted by Charles Mathewes
District court judges are engaged in a bipartisan project of [forgive me] actually calling balls and strikes. Republican circuit judges are largely going full-tilt partisan.

Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Reposted by Charles Mathewes
i just want to say that i wrote this exactly one year ago.
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Flush the pond?
Also, this is news?
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Not the first time, as you know. He's a recidivist.
November 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM