Living by Proxy in the Age of AI
by Bruno ChaouatI will tell my students that if they use ChatGPT, they will live by proxy, and outsource their own inner life to a machine. Continue Reading »
My Ten Favorite Episodes of “Conversations with Mark Bauerlein”
by Rein StaalThree distinct themes wind through all of Mark Bauerlein's episodes: the state of education in America today, Christian intellectual discourse, and the challenge posed by woke hegemony. Continue Reading »
Divinity Schools and Diversity
by Gerald McDermottMore and more students are voting with their feet, declining to go into debt for an education that displaces classical learning with ideology. Divinity schools, especially those that profess orthodoxy, should know better. Continue Reading »
The Good Life After Graduation
by Sarah ReardonOur higher education climate and our culture at large render the world of our households, vocations, and communities remote from the world of dorms, reading quizzes, and library all-nighters. Continue Reading »
Catholic Education Is Taking Off
by Mark BauerleinThe power of parents, as expressed in their choice of schools, confirms the value of Catholic liberal arts and sciences perhaps more effectively than any other factor when it comes to the public sphere and education debates. Continue Reading »
The Left Is Reengineering the Human Soul. Our Children Are the Guinea Pigs.
by Christopher RufoThe critical pedagogists' cherished goal of liberation through education, emblazoned in the sky by Guevara and implanted in the soul by Freire, might finally be within reach. Continue Reading »
Rooting Out the Weeds
by Megan BashamFirst Things remains relevant by focusing on the eternal, not the fashionable. It is not merely conservative, but sound. Continue Reading »
Children Have a Right to Classical Education
by Kevin D. RobertsClassical education is not a fad: It’s been around for thousands of years and sets up students for academic, professional, and spiritual success. Continue Reading »
Spreading a New Catholic Curriculum
by Mark BauerleinDale Ahlquist joins the podcast to discuss Chesterton Academy and his long appreciation for G. K. Chesterton. Continue Reading »
Don’t Spare the Rod
by Daniel BuckI teach in the most crime-ridden neighborhood in my city. I am not the best teacher in the building—they won’t make any Hollywood movies about me—but I am a good one. One administrator described my classes as a Jekyll-and-Hyde affair. There may be utter chaos elsewhere, but when my . . . . Continue Reading »
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