Letter from Washington
Utterly soul-crushing: I can conceive of no better phrase to summarize my experience with American University's Middle Eastern Studies program. While I am roughly two-thirds finished with the program, I don't think that I have it within me to complete it: it's too demoralizing. I am a man who cherishes his mind and his values, and I have concluded that they are simply better-spent elsewhere. I simply cannot actively participate in a system dedicated to undercutting our civilization.