Every year, in a course I teach on American history, I make my students read J. Gresham Machen. If you want a taste of early-twentieth-century Protestant fundamentalism—and have no patience for stereotypes of red-faced Bible thumpers ranting about monkey trials—you could do a lot . . . . Continue Reading »
J. Mark Ramseyer joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Comfort Women Hoax. Continue Reading »
We live in paradoxical times. Over the last two generations, college students, especially at top-ranking universities, have been educated to believe that there is no transcendence. Human beings are a bundle of instincts, they’re told, or software in meat hardware, or some other reductive . . . . Continue Reading »
First Things remains relevant by focusing on the eternal, not the fashionable. It is not merely conservative, but sound. Continue Reading »
I can hardly imagine a more utopian time for a young intellectual, a reader of Great Books. Continue Reading »
I bear a moral responsibility to uphold the truth and potentially disturb the comfort of those around me. Continue Reading »
These classical schools are happy places. Humanities departments in higher ed are not. Continue Reading »
Grandeur and beauty in interior decoration helps to give a sense of institutional authority and self-confidence in the face of demands from activist students intoxicated by What’s Happening Right Now. Continue Reading »
What this bias in academia has produced is two generations of college teachers who don’t realize their bias. Continue Reading »
Any Christian institution that seeks to influence the commanding heights of elite culture while at the same time maintaining fidelity to its confession must beware of this temptation. Continue Reading »
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