Mark Bauerlein is Senior Editor at First Things and Professor of English at Emory University, where he has taught since earning his PhD in English at UCLA in 1989. For two years (2003-05) he served as Director of the Office of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts. His books include Literary Criticism: An Autopsy (1997), The Pragmatic Mind: Explorations in the Psychology of Belief (1997), and The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (2008). His essays have appeared in PMLA, Partisan Review, Wilson Quarterly, Commentary, and New Criterion, and his commentaries and reviews in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Weekly Standard, The Guardian, Chronicle of Higher Education, and other national periodicals.
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Mark Bauerlein
How will you improve diversity at our school?” That’s a question often asked in faculty job interviews today. A more elegant version appears in a University of California, Davis document quoted in an advice column in the Chronicle of Higher Education: “The University is committed to . . . . Continue Reading »
On this episode, Mollie Hemingway joins Mark to discuss her recent book, Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court, co-written with Carrie Severino. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Christopher Scalia discusses a recent volume he edited: a collection of essays by his late father Justice Antonin Scalia, titled On Faith: Lessons From an American Believer. Continue Reading »
On this episode, R. R. Reno discusses the dogmas and assumptions of the postwar consensus, the rise of populism, and his new book, Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West. Continue Reading »
For adolescents, reading is a negligible activity—they reach for the phone before picking up a book, magazine, or newspaper. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Daniel Dreisbach discusses the history of church-state relations in the United States. Continue Reading »
Lawrence Mead discusses his recent book, Burdens of Freedom: Cultural Difference and American Power. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Robert Boyers discusses his latest book, The Tyranny of Virtue: Identity, the Academy, and the Hunt for Political Heresies. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Ray Domanico discusses the history of the Blaine Amendments, a recent challenge to Montana’s school choice program, and the future of religious schools in America. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Stanley Kurtz joins Mark to discuss free speech on the college campus, academic freedom, and why a “Campus Intellectual Diversity Act” is a good idea. Continue Reading »
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