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Hiding in the Proverbial Attic

Hate speech. Government speech. Twitter speech.

 • Updated February 11, 2025

Sarah Isgur and David French steal away to sunny Stanford University to talk shop with law students and bask in a friendlier climate.

The Agenda:
—Casual antisemitism at Cooper Union?
—How to handle disagreement at elite schools
—Gender identifiers for government employees
—Bad injunction takes
—Rejecting the president’s understanding of the Constitution
—Q&A

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Sarah Isgur is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in northern Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2019, she had worked in every branch of the federal government and on three presidential campaigns. When Sarah is not hosting podcasts or writing newsletters, she’s probably sending uplifting stories about spiders to Jonah, who only pretends to love all animals.

David French is a columnist for the New York Times. He’s a former senior editor of The Dispatch. He’s the author most recently of Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.

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