It's a shame that words like tranny and nazi get thrown around so easily in polite company these days.
Nancy Mace is Nancy Macing again…
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Citadel, where those who can’t actually get into a US military academy go to pretend they’re almost good enough to lead. And endlessly complain their spot was given to a DEI candidate.
There's no shame in not getting accepted to one of the academies. They are the most selective schools in the country.
And my experience with the 'second-tier academies' is that they attract and produce good people and good leaders, whether in military, business, or civic matters. Anecdotally, my new hometown institution - VMI - has a LOT more of its students showing up to support community and charitable activities than my other new hometown institution - the supposedly more "elite" W&L. And as to the universities themselves and the programs available to the community, well, I've been to VMI to see the director of the Vatican observatory and a debate between Ramaswamy and Bolton on how muscular US foreign policy should be; at W&L I can go see this:
Erica Lord's large-scale beaded sculptures and related prints draw on computer-produced genetic data, or DNA/RNA microarrays, from diseases disproportionately affecting Indigenous communities. Lord transforms these images into loom-woven sculptures as an act of data sovereignty. The sculptures take the form of Alaskan Athabaskan burden straps or baby belts, an ancient technology allowing a person to carry heavy items, hands free. Combining culturally relevant Indigenous art forms with DNA analysis raises awareness of the institutionalized health disparities that exist for Native people.
In fairness, W&L has some decent programming too, like the Mudd Center lectures. But I have a pretty decent idea which is likely to produce a more functional adult, Mace notwithstanding.
