Kate Cohen
@katecohen.bsky.social
Author of "We of Little Faith," former columnist at the Washington Post, parent, cook, reader, atheist, leftie (both kinds).
Here I’ll save you: mistaken mess of pseudo-profundities ending w/: “Eventually Americans, restless as any people on earth, will want to replace threat with hope and resume our national pilgrimage. When that cultural and spiritual shift occurs, a lot will change in our religious and political life.”
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Here I’ll save you: mistaken mess of pseudo-profundities ending w/: “Eventually Americans, restless as any people on earth, will want to replace threat with hope and resume our national pilgrimage. When that cultural and spiritual shift occurs, a lot will change in our religious and political life.”
@peterbeinart.bsky.social thank you for this sobering, compassionate, inspiring little book
September 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
@peterbeinart.bsky.social thank you for this sobering, compassionate, inspiring little book
He just pure makes shit up
August 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
He just pure makes shit up
The number of unsubstantiated assertions and unacknowledged assumptions in a random David Brooks paragraph never fails to astound me. We salute you, sir, whoever "we" might be.
August 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The number of unsubstantiated assertions and unacknowledged assumptions in a random David Brooks paragraph never fails to astound me. We salute you, sir, whoever "we" might be.
Portrait of Immorality in Green and Orange.
June 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Portrait of Immorality in Green and Orange.
Absolutely spot-on use of the royal "we":
June 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Absolutely spot-on use of the royal "we":
Do we really have to say "Liberals say" here? Isn't it just a true thing that is happening?
May 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Do we really have to say "Liberals say" here? Isn't it just a true thing that is happening?
@dartmouthcollege.bsky.social Did you mean this or was this just to make the concept of "institutional restraint" sound reasonable? If the former, please sign the AAC&U letter along with your peer institutions or you won't be their peer anymore.
April 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
@dartmouthcollege.bsky.social Did you mean this or was this just to make the concept of "institutional restraint" sound reasonable? If the former, please sign the AAC&U letter along with your peer institutions or you won't be their peer anymore.
Also I’m sorry but being rightfully outraged and on guard is not the same as being in a tailspin.
April 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Also I’m sorry but being rightfully outraged and on guard is not the same as being in a tailspin.
Any day now we'll have the option of purchasing Enhanced Citizenships at different price points. Platinum Level includes habeas corpus and the right to vote.
April 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Any day now we'll have the option of purchasing Enhanced Citizenships at different price points. Platinum Level includes habeas corpus and the right to vote.
This analogy works in the only respect that Daniels fails to mention: higher ed has angered the capricious Trump Almighty and He has sought vengeance. As it is written "The Lord is righteous, yet I rebelled against his command." (Lamentations 1:18)
April 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This analogy works in the only respect that Daniels fails to mention: higher ed has angered the capricious Trump Almighty and He has sought vengeance. As it is written "The Lord is righteous, yet I rebelled against his command." (Lamentations 1:18)
"Why did you vote for Trump?"
"Well I just think, totally of my own accord, that Harvard has gotten too uppity."
"Well I just think, totally of my own accord, that Harvard has gotten too uppity."
April 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"Why did you vote for Trump?"
"Well I just think, totally of my own accord, that Harvard has gotten too uppity."
"Well I just think, totally of my own accord, that Harvard has gotten too uppity."
OK all you "Yes / But" ers. Tell me just how conformity was "enforced"
April 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
OK all you "Yes / But" ers. Tell me just how conformity was "enforced"
Tax Day used to make me feel patriotic. My fellow Americans and I were pooling our money to do what we couldn't do alone: protect our food supply, fight human trafficking, preserve national parks, prevent epidemics. (And yes, bad stuff too, but that's what elections are for.) This year I feel sick.
April 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Tax Day used to make me feel patriotic. My fellow Americans and I were pooling our money to do what we couldn't do alone: protect our food supply, fight human trafficking, preserve national parks, prevent epidemics. (And yes, bad stuff too, but that's what elections are for.) This year I feel sick.
My government falsifies records to punish people.
April 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
My government falsifies records to punish people.
This from NYT is slightly better, although I think it should be "claims to be antisemitism" — I don't think they really believe this stuff. Just performative lib-owning.
April 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This from NYT is slightly better, although I think it should be "claims to be antisemitism" — I don't think they really believe this stuff. Just performative lib-owning.
Who? Who's been angry? What is "That" doing there? Why is it so hard to write a headline?
TRUMP'S TRADE DISASTER BORN OF PERSONAL GRIEVANCE, IGNORANCE
TRUMP'S TRADE DISASTER BORN OF PERSONAL GRIEVANCE, IGNORANCE
April 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Who? Who's been angry? What is "That" doing there? Why is it so hard to write a headline?
TRUMP'S TRADE DISASTER BORN OF PERSONAL GRIEVANCE, IGNORANCE
TRUMP'S TRADE DISASTER BORN OF PERSONAL GRIEVANCE, IGNORANCE
evidence, schmevidence. Just MAKE yourself believe . . .
March 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
evidence, schmevidence. Just MAKE yourself believe . . .
Passive voice seen as threat to people trying to understand the news
March 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Passive voice seen as threat to people trying to understand the news
NYT missing a crucial bit of punctuation
March 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
NYT missing a crucial bit of punctuation