Education

Mike Rowe and the Need to Bring Back Shop Class 37
- Culture, Economics, Education, Featured, Uncategorized
- August 21, 2025
A few years ago, I interviewed a married couple for an article, who, although only in their mid-20s, already owned a thriving business. This couple had met in a high school welding class – a fact which prompted the husband to joke that “sparks flew.” Humor aside, I was intrigued to hear that a welding class
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Making Good Men Is Not Rocket Science 19
- Education, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- August 20, 2025
In “Meditations: Book X:16,” the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote: “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” For several decades now, our culture has served as a battleground over the meaning of manhood. Some attack males for displaying “toxic masculinity,” or advocate that men become more like women, expressing
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AI and the Crisis of the Modern Graduate 37
- Economics, Education, Featured, Uncategorized
- August 14, 2025
Gen Z has been sold a bill of lies. Most of the generation was born into the “Learn to Code” public information campaign. Tech moguls, celebrities, and even U.S. presidents poured funding and influence into an effort to create more computer programmers. Students were told they would get six-figure salaries for entry level jobs after graduating
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Three Schools Point the Way to Making Good Men 32
- Culture, Education, Featured, Uncategorized
- August 7, 2025
Three years ago, Ben Strong and others founded St. Andrew’s Academy in Verona, Ky. It’s a Catholic boarding school and farm for high school boys which “aims to cultivate a genuine and masculine love for the true, good, and beautiful in the hearts of her students.” Students who attend St. Andrews receive a classical education, reading and
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Is It Okay for Academia to Be Biased?40
- Education, Featured, Uncategorized
- August 6, 2025
Once upon a time, in the flourishing cultural centers of medieval Paris, Oxford, and Bologna, an institution emerged dedicated to the pursuit of truth: the university. This institution evolved from schools called studia generalia, which were attempts to educate monks and clerks beyond what they had received at cathedral or monastic schools. The universities were self-governing, often
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A Little Fellow Follows Me 23
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- August 6, 2025
Laugh if you want, but I enjoy the Netflix series Cobra Kai. While I rooted for Daniel in the original ’80s movie, my favorite character is now Daniel’s rival Johnny Lawrence. My kids saw enough similarities between Johnny and me to buy an Eagle Fang Karate shirt for my birthday. I assume it’s because we share
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