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 »
Classical education doesn’t need to justify itself anymore, though it exists in a frequently hostile environment. Continue Reading »
David Ruth joins the podcast to discuss the University of Austin. Continue Reading »
There was President Gay, trying to save herself by an appeal to “my truth,” while Jimmy was risking life imprisonment at a Stalinesque show trial because he had courageously borne witness to the truth. Continue Reading »
Andrew Youngblood joins the podcast to discuss his book Know Thyself. Continue Reading »
A serious Christian school must have an explicit, orthodox Christian mission, and it has to hire administrators, faculty, and staff for that mission. Continue Reading »
If you want to see what Athens has to do with Jerusalem, and with Rome, then check out Emet Classical Academy, a Jewish school in Manhattan. Continue Reading »
Little Rock Christian Academy is the largest private school in Arkansas, and it has come to emulate the classical school model. Continue Reading »
Perhaps Hitler has won, though on the left—the opposite end of the political spectrum to that we might have expected. Continue Reading »
Kenny Xu joins the podcast to discuss his new book School of Woke: How Critical Race Theory Infiltrated American Schools and Why We Must Reclaim Them. Continue Reading »
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