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Column: Cooper Flagg is not the next Zion Williamson — expect a different type of impact

(10/30/24 12:48am)

Duke men’s basketball owns a spot in the national spotlight, yet the 2024-25 Blue Devils are poised to receive a nearly unprecedented amount of attention. Viewership of even nonconference games will likely skyrocket. The team’s performance will be discussed in circles that traditionally overlook college basketball. Coaches and players alike will be scrutinized for any mistake, glorified for every success.









Family Weekend Music Showcase concert: Welcoming and beautiful

(10/29/24 4:00am)

To cap off the Saturday programming of Duke’s Family Weekend, the Music Department showcased 11 pieces of music — spanning from combination chorale and chamber orchestra performances to string quartets — Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. in Baldwin Auditorium. The event was primarily intended for visiting friends and families but provided a wonderful, graceful experience to everyone in the Duke community.





Democracy is on the ballot

(11/01/24 12:00pm)

For weeks, Duke faculty have been writing about the "virtues of democracy" and how American democracy, imperfect as it is, is imperiled in modern times. As a faculty member emeritus and a recently-retired, 34-year veteran of the U.S. House of Representatives, I have some urgent thoughts on these matters, based on front-row observation and coming into sharp focus as a landmark election looms ahead.



Raining gumdrops and bombs

(10/30/24 12:00pm)

“If all the raindrops were lemon drops, and… bomb drops?” My 6-year-old couldn’t quite remember all of the song she had learned in school, but this didn’t sound quite right to her. Nor did it sound right to me — this morbid version of “lemon drops and gumdrops” made me freeze in place. I suppose I cannot completely shield my children from the world’s news.


Truth and civil discourse

(10/29/24 12:00pm)

In the era of culture wars and ideologically driven strife, belief in good faith communication has waned. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, we share lessons learned from two years of collaborating on a research project at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy examining racial bias in jury selection processes, and jury composition as well as efforts to improve them. 


A mistaken view of liberal learning

(10/29/24 12:00pm)

Answering the perennial question of what university education should be requires a return to first principles. Speak to many Duke students and you get the idea that the university is failing to shore up the idea of liberal education which we have come to expect from, and in many ways associate with, university life. We should first consider what that idea is.


Scientology and the dangers of neuroessentialism

(10/28/24 12:00pm)

When I was in Los Angeles last summer, I took the Scientology personality test at the famed Church of Scientology Information Center building right on Hollywood Boulevard. It’s a pristine white and mahogany building nestled incongruously between a Ripley’s Believe it or Not museum, a 4-star Indian restaurant, a Starbucks and the acclaimed Hollywood Egyptian Theater.