Ilya Shapiro

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I felt sick to my stomach and especially come around noontime when the dean issued his statement. I thought, OK, I'm going to get fired. I was transitioning jobs from from Cato to Georgetown. How can I provide for my family? I have two little boys who are four and six. This is horrific. I've blowed up my life. I've you know, it was honestly, Megan, the probably the second worst day of my life.

I felt sick to my stomach and especially come around noontime when the dean issued his statement. I thought, OK, I'm going to get fired. I was transitioning jobs from from Cato to Georgetown. How can I provide for my family? I have two little boys who are four and six. This is horrific. I've blowed up my life. I've you know, it was honestly, Megan, the probably the second worst day of my life.

I felt sick to my stomach and especially come around noontime when the dean issued his statement. I thought, OK, I'm going to get fired. I was transitioning jobs from from Cato to Georgetown. How can I provide for my family? I have two little boys who are four and six. This is horrific. I've blowed up my life. I've you know, it was honestly, Megan, the probably the second worst day of my life.

The worst being when my mom passed when I was in college.

The worst being when my mom passed when I was in college.

The worst being when my mom passed when I was in college.

Great to be back, Megan. And of course, you played that clip. You were a central part of the denouement of that whole saga. And I'm glad to be back stronger. As you said, they tried to cancel me. They tried to ruin my career. And I turned it around on them. And, you know, I thought I knew what I was getting into, and I thought I knew about the problems in higher ed and law school specifically.

Great to be back, Megan. And of course, you played that clip. You were a central part of the denouement of that whole saga. And I'm glad to be back stronger. As you said, they tried to cancel me. They tried to ruin my career. And I turned it around on them. And, you know, I thought I knew what I was getting into, and I thought I knew about the problems in higher ed and law school specifically.

Great to be back, Megan. And of course, you played that clip. You were a central part of the denouement of that whole saga. And I'm glad to be back stronger. As you said, they tried to cancel me. They tried to ruin my career. And I turned it around on them. And, you know, I thought I knew what I was getting into, and I thought I knew about the problems in higher ed and law school specifically.

But looking at this stuff, using my so-called lived experience as a jumping off point, you can see the failures in ideology, bureaucracy, and leadership. We're not in a good state.

But looking at this stuff, using my so-called lived experience as a jumping off point, you can see the failures in ideology, bureaucracy, and leadership. We're not in a good state.

But looking at this stuff, using my so-called lived experience as a jumping off point, you can see the failures in ideology, bureaucracy, and leadership. We're not in a good state.

And you saw the masks, by the way. This is 2022. This whole investigation, so-called, was conducted via Zoom because if we had if I'd I never even had talked to the dean since in person, because if we had gotten together, we would have had to all been masked. given the COVID hysteria, which I talk a little bit about in the book as a symptom of the failed leadership.

And you saw the masks, by the way. This is 2022. This whole investigation, so-called, was conducted via Zoom because if we had if I'd I never even had talked to the dean since in person, because if we had gotten together, we would have had to all been masked. given the COVID hysteria, which I talk a little bit about in the book as a symptom of the failed leadership.

And you saw the masks, by the way. This is 2022. This whole investigation, so-called, was conducted via Zoom because if we had if I'd I never even had talked to the dean since in person, because if we had gotten together, we would have had to all been masked. given the COVID hysteria, which I talk a little bit about in the book as a symptom of the failed leadership.

And Megan, look, these deans, you saw two of them there in those clips. They're generally not woke radicals. They're generally not social justice warriors. They're spineless cowards. They're bureaucrats who try to climb the greasy pole. And that means placating this illiberal mob. It's a kind of cascade of failures in higher education.

And Megan, look, these deans, you saw two of them there in those clips. They're generally not woke radicals. They're generally not social justice warriors. They're spineless cowards. They're bureaucrats who try to climb the greasy pole. And that means placating this illiberal mob. It's a kind of cascade of failures in higher education.