Americano

How to revive the American mind

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May 6, 2025
Ben Domenech, Editor-at-Large of Spectator World, dives deep with Christopher Rufo into the challenges plaguing American higher education. They discuss Rufo’s transformation from Democrat to conservative firebrand and his critiques of DEI policies. The duo highlights the impact of foreign donations on universities and the need for transparency. They also tackle free speech and anti-Semitism on campus, alongside the contentious nature of patriotism in education, revealing parallels between U.S. and British perspectives on national identity.
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INSIGHT

Opportunity to Revive Education

  • Donald Trump's education executive orders offer a chance to reverse decades of damage in American higher education.
  • The movement seeks to revive the American mind by confronting ideological dominance in universities.
INSIGHT

Rufo's View on Higher Ed

  • Christopher Rufo aggressively challenges higher education as fundamentally anti-American and not reformable by classical liberals.
  • He criticizes token conservative figures as shields for institutional leftist agendas.
ANECDOTE

Rufo's Transformative Journey

  • Christopher Rufo shifted from a Democrat aiming for foreign service to a vocal conservative critic of higher education.
  • His exposure of Harvard's Claudine Gay's plagiarism led to her resignation, a major blow to the academic elite.
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