1/ <<Ever since she spoke out against some pro-lifers' support of Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election, Bratten Weiss has been criticized by Catholics on the extreme right, so she has been "meticulous about not saying anything that could be used against me," she told NCR.>>

I understand that Bratten Weiss, as a member of the exploited class of college adjuncts, was an entirely vulnerable employee. But her paranoia reminded me of a recent news story that cited a Harvard professor's anxiety over what Fox News and the far right might say about a hiring decision (a quite controversial one) made by the university. Harvard is rich as Croesus and can do anything it wants. Why are progressives so cowed by the right? To hell with what the alt-right says!