As I wrote in my previous essay, one of the most profound and deeply damaging impacts of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society was the destruction of the family for the poor — and especially for poor African Americans. This defines…
The winds of World War III are blowing, not at a gale, but more than a breeze. Like a long-forgotten and unmissed uncle, anti-Semitism is back in town and threatens to stick around for a while. Washington, D.C., is simultaneously…
Yes, yes — we’re leading off this week’s 5QT with a recitation of the obvious. But have you noticed that recitations of the obvious appear ever more necessary as our world devolves into utter stupidity? Back in college, I had…
Students for Fair Admissions is once again challenging race-based admissions practices, this time by suing the U.S. Naval Academy. While some view the activist group as an obstacle to progress, the uncomfortable truth is that it raises valid concerns. We’re…
The soul, the mind, and the hand; where is the education that nourishes them all, and in relation to one another? “They build your new houses out of chalk and sticks,” said my friend the all-purpose carpenter, plumber, mason, and…
Like many others, I have long sensed that the so-called best and most prestigious American universities were actually very poor at maintaining a campus environment that upholds the free expression of ideas, basic First Amendment protections, etc. But after researching…
Los países de literatura indigente tienen historia desabrida. [Countries with an impoverished literature have an insipid history.] — Nicolás Gómez Dávila It has become something of an autumn tradition. The leaves change their verdant hues, mothballed sweaters come out of…
I am delighted to say that I will be joining the new Thales College, as a professor of humanities. What that means, I shall try to describe by way of contrast. Let us suppose I am at almost any other…
The muted response from college and university presidents to barbarism inflicted upon Israel might not have raised eyebrows in the pre–George Floyd world. But since that time, “obligatory” describes the role of public figures, to include faculty and administrators, in…
