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I'm Barry Weiss and this is honestly.

Dear Provost Susan Jeffords, I'm writing to you today to resign as assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University.

And today I want to begin with a powerful resignation letter from my guest, Peter Begogne.

Over the last decade, it has been my privilege to teach at the university.

My specialties are critical thinking, ethics in the Socratic Method, and I teach classes

like science and pseudoscience and the philosophy of education.

Peter's letter to Portland State was read and shared by people in academia, but also just across the world.

It powerfully articulates with bluntness that I think has become exceedingly rare, what is happening

in our institutions of higher education, and why it's so dangerous for the health of our politics

as a whole.

But in addition to exploring classic philosophers and traditional texts,

I've invited a wide range of guest lecturers to address my classes,

from flat-earthers to Christian apologist,

to global climate skeptics, to occupy Wall Street advocates.

I'm proud of my work. I've invited these speakers not because I agree with their world views,

but primarily because I didn't. From those messy

and difficult conversations, I've seen the best of what our students can achieve,

questioning beliefs while respecting believers,

staying even-tempered and challenging circumstances,

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