Coleman Hughes

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[Coleman Hughes @coldxman]

I've dreamed of performing "Czardas" on trombone ever since I saw Christian Lindberg's version as a kid

Who knew that I would one day get to do it at Lincoln Center with my great friend @noam_dworman

Here's to more music and less noise in 2026

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[Conversations with Coleman @ConvoswColeman]

Anger is a part of human nature, and we’re better off acting like it, former Marine Mike LeBlanc says.

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[Kaguya’s Top Gal @hayasaka_aryan]

Remember when the ministry sent a chinese spy to literally get Harry Potter arrested

[Coleman Hughes @coldxman]

@HartAndSoul Thanks for the feedback, William. We're on it!

[Conversations with Coleman @ConvoswColeman]

“Many of the things we instinctually do to make us feel happier actually make us less happy.”

Mark Manson, the author of “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,” tells @coldxman why letting go is the best way to find happiness.

Watch the full episode on YouTube now.

[Conversations with Coleman @ConvoswColeman]

“It’s better to be rejected immediately.”

Mark Manson, the author of “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,” tells @coldxman how men with “not liberal” politics should approach dating.

Watch the full episode on YouTube now.

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

Bill Maher and Coleman Hughes finish each other's sentences for 3 minutes straight as they lay out how teachers' unions wrecked public education.

The MS NOW host thought she could sit this one out quietly. Then Maher turned and lobbed a grenade right at her.

MAHER: "The reason why they don't know that socialism didn't work... is because NOBODY taught them in school."

HUGHES: "A lot of kids go to underperforming public schools, which is our euphemism for government-funded daycare centers with occasional school-like activities."

MAHER: "I knew they weren't learning anything, but like you said, it's like a daycare center and not a good one."

HUGHES: "And I think people on the left want to blame funding because that's the easy issue. But the truth is, this school was well funded. You know, it's 50,000 per pupil at this school. The problem isn't the funding. It's that you can't fire anyone bad."

MAHER: "Yes.... The problem is the union, the teachers union, is too powerful. We've seen it in results in states where the union is less powerful, the schools do better."

HUGHES: "I call it the chalkboard mafia."

MAHER: "The problem, the unions protect bad schools and bad teachers, and the party protects the union. It's almost impossible in a lot of these cities to fire a teacher. I mean literally like you could sell drugs to a kid and it's got to be two offenses before we get—"

HUGHES: "It wasn't that long ago that the unions lobbied for a law in New York State to ban even collecting data that you would use to assess which teachers are better than others. You can't even get the data. So obviously the teachers union serves the teachers, they don't serve the students, and if you're a Democrat or any American that's serious about public school reform, you have to challenge the teachers union, period."

MAHER: "And I think in this school, where they were learning nothing with no supervision and absentee principals and teachers, I think spending 50,000 dollars per year per student, it's not money. That's what you always hear from the left. 'Oh, it's underfunded.' It's not the funding. The funding isn't the issue."

HUGHES: "No, it hasn't been for a very long time."

MAHER: "I think this is the kind of thing I will NEVER hear on MS NOW."

ALI VITALI: "I think you hear a lot of perspectives on MS NOW."

MAHER: "I don't ever hear that one."

CONTEXT: Maher and Hughes aren't making this up. On the latest Nation's Report Card, high school seniors posted the lowest reading and math scores ever recorded on the test.

And getting rid of bad teachers is nearly impossible. Federal survey data shows the average school district dismissed just 0.2 tenured teachers for poor performance in a year. That's roughly 1 in 500.

Meanwhile, students do better long-term in states where unions have less power.

A 2019 study in the American Economic Journal found that boys who went to school in states that forced districts to bargain with teachers' unions went on to earn about $2,100 LESS per year as adults compared to boys in states without those laws.

If a business failed this badly, someone would get fired. As Hughes put it: "The teachers union serves the teachers; they don't serve the students."

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@Realtimers with @BillMaher returns on Friday, November 6 at 10:00 p.m. ET on @HBO and will be available to stream on @hbomax: https://t.co/IvV0IAXgae

This week's episode features an interview with Peter Berg. This week's panel discussion includes @coldxman and @alivitali.

[Certified CrashOut 💀 @cjehicks]

Hang it in the Louvre

[Coleman Hughes @coldxman]

Can American history museums discuss racism in a way that is both honest and patriotic at the same time?

The African American Civil War Museum proves that it's possible. A beautiful essay by @xchrisgonz

https://t.co/DzsYd6kqJA

[Andrew Curran @AndrewCurran_]

Tyler Cowen:
'I am not even sure what to say at this point. We need a radical revaluation of this work, and of the associated policy arguments. More generally, this is only a single step in the story of how AI is going to revise economic science, and indeed past research more generally. As I stress in many of my recent talks, there will be significant gains and losses in status, with the losses often outweighing the gains. I see this as one of those cases.'

[Megan McArdle @asymmetricinfo]

I periodically argue against tenure and civil service firing protections, and am berated by teachers and professors saying "How would you like it if your boss could just fire you because they didn't like you?" as if the very idea would shock me.

[Coleman Hughes @coldxman]

Round two sparring with Dave. Thanks for having me on @ComicDaveSmith
https://t.co/VoRCWIvdu6

[Dave Smith @ComicDaveSmith]

Today at 1 pm ET @coldxman on Part of the Problem!!!

Live to the site at 1pm, up everywhere tonight.

[Conversations with Coleman @ConvoswColeman]

"We are shutting down all oil and gas production"

@KonstantinKisin on how Europe's climate policies are making the whole continent colder and poorer.

Watch the full conversation with @coldxman on Youtube.

[Sports Multiverse Studio @Sports_Multiver]

What just happened in Knicks vs 76ers:

[Phil Hoyeck @PAHoyeck]

The problem with using obscure philosophical vocabulary to sound smart is that every once in a while you use a word wrong and end up looking totally epistemological.

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

The Abduction of Persephone, by Nicola Maria Rossi, early 18th c

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

A fascinating visualization of Vivaldi’s “Winter” that makes the music feel more intense. Almost like seeing the sound itself.

credit Gilmar Araújo - Conde X

[Coleman Hughes @coldxman]

I had a high school history teacher who spent the entire year teaching us to develop "casual" accounts of various historical events: Civil War, WWII, etc. I was confused why we should be nonchalant about such important events, but kept my puzzlement to myself. Eventually I realized she was misreading the word "causal".

[Phil Hoyeck @PAHoyeck]

Still one of the funniest philosophy anecdotes of all time

[Phil Hoyeck @PAHoyeck]

Still one of the funniest philosophy anecdotes of all time