Where empathy goes to die
They don't seem to be related on the surface, but this week's drama at Northwestern and the New York Times Sports department/Athletic are the same thing: complete failures in leadership.
It’s not an Earth-shattering statement, but is worth repeating: we’re in some seriously crappy leadership times. Up is down, left is right, hazing in the Northwestern University football and baseball programs builds “family” and “character”, and replacing a unionized sports department at the New York Times with an non-unionized online-only entity with a…