So-called “higher” education is supposed to be all about truth, beauty, and progress, achieved through learning and discovery. “Truths” are factually accurate assertions. I think the biggest problem of America’s colleges and universities today is not its high cost and…
While studying philosophy as an undergrad, I took a seminar on Friedrich Nietzsche. What followed could be described as a mild infatuation. I even drew a portrait of the infamous atheist philosopher, signature bushy mustache and all. Some girls I…
We have a national security risk going nearly unnoticed. It doesn’t draw widespread attention on the evening news or social media. It’s not displayed on an emergency phone alert, debated in the halls of Congress, or one for which the…
The news is that Goldsmiths College, a subsidiary of the University of London, has cut its Queer Studies Program. The college is facing what is now a common enough crisis, running in the red because enrollments are down, with no…
American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation―and Could Again By Yuval Levin (Basic Books, 352 pages, $25) An important conservative intellectual was here teaching an attentive post-graduate audience about the contributions of a dozen intellectual leaders of the early…
“Be careful what you pray for,” the old saying goes, “because you may get it.” In Oklahoma, every school district will now be required to include the Bible in its curriculum on the obvious grounds that, if you are ignorant…
Oklahoma superintendent Ryan Walters announced in a board meeting on Thursday that public schools will incorporate the Bible into the classroom. The superintendent’s letter to all school districts said that the state would provide teaching materials and that they should…
The Left is melting down over the recent bill signed by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry that permits the Ten Commandments to be shown in classrooms. (READ Scott’s column: Good News in Louisiana: Ten Commandments Revivalism) In this episode of The…
Candidate Trump is blunt. Here is but one headline from, yes, CNN. “Trump wants to close the Department of Education, joining calls by GOP rivals” CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants to close the Department of…
