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  • 8 Deeper-Than-Usual Critiques of American Education

    8 Deeper-Than-Usual Critiques of American Education0

    In 1987 Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind was published. It represented a penetrating critique of higher education in America. Almost thirty years later, his criticisms—including the following eight—are still very much relevant:   1) “Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is

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  • Truly, what if?

    Truly, what if?0

    Generally, we Americans are quite proud of our overall military history. Yes, there’s discontent and guilty consciences about Vietnam and our recent incursions into the Middle East, but even in these feelings there seems to be a presumption that America can defeat anyone, we just shouldn’t do it as much. These memes give you a

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  • Read Literature to Learn and Love the Truth

    Read Literature to Learn and Love the Truth0

    The other night I testified (via telephone) before the Alaska state legislature, on the standards their public schools are adopting for classes in English. I’d read the standards but didn’t have them in front of me, so I was taken aback when one of the representatives plucked a directive out of all the verbiage and asked

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  • Famed Historian Explains How a Civilization Collapses

    Famed Historian Explains How a Civilization Collapses0

    Will and Ariel Durant are famous for their magisterial 11-volume survey of human history titled The Story of Civilization. After spending fifty years of studying and reflecting on the history of mankind, they are at the very least an interesting authority to consult on the matter. In The Lessons of History—written after they completed their

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  • Should People Read Less News?

    Should People Read Less News?0

    Thomas Jefferson was one of the most famous critics of the news media. He went so far as to write, “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them.” Was Jefferson’s scorn unfair, or did he have a point? Should people read less news if they wish to

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  • Have You Read These 10 Titles From the Original Harvard Library?

    Have You Read These 10 Titles From the Original Harvard Library?0

    In 1638, a man named John Harvard died and bequeathed half of his estate and his library of over 400 books to a fledgling college in Massachusetts. Today, we know that college as Harvard University. To the modern ear, many of the titles John Harvard left to the college are unfamiliar and likely known to

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