A Call for a Politically Inclusive Classroom
Teaching Tolerance in a Time of Trump sounds like a short-course a firebrand professor might offer, though I mean it in a more comprehensive...
Growing Up Stoic
For our home-schooling lessons my daughter and I have been reading Greek and Roman philosophers, and she has taken a shine to the Stoics...
History as Manifesto
Dillon, MT
Having a personal and professional interest in what people think history is for, I read The History Manifesto with great interest. Jo Guldi...
Freedom and Four-Year Olds
Holland, MI
In public policy, few things are ever entirely right or wrong. Like economics, we are often dealing with trade-offs. Ignoring the trade-offs blinds...
Contemplation and the Empire of Desire
Philadelphia, PA
R. R. Reno of First Things has recently identified the “Empire of Desire” by its odd combination of regulation and libertinism. On the...
Res Idiotica
South Bend, IN
My students are know-nothings. They are exceedingly nice, pleasant, trustworthy, mostly honest, well-intentioned, and utterly decent. But their minds are largely empty,...
The Web, Our Brains, and You
Like most avid readers I have a queue of books I'm reading and plan to read. When a new book gets added to the...