On the issue of “Western civilization,” I would like to, in pursuit of fairness and truth, say something that offends everyone. As the American writer Walker Percy once joked, “What else can you do...
ACTA has announced the establishment of its National Commission on American History and Civic Education.
DARE TO BE WISE: Enlightenment and the American College Campus This panel will investigate the role that universities should play in maintaining and extending...
The focus of this panel is the Enlightenment, a historical period that saw the birth of modern science, the creation of...
Washington, DC—On Thursday, June 2, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed H.B. 5001 into […]
They have a point. Of the many things wrong with America’s schools, the warped view of American history, politics, and culture they teach might be at the top of the list. Part of the...
Over the past decade, student protests against speakers, faculty, and peers who express ideas that challenge campus orthodoxies have become common on campuses across America. Several institutions have invited renowned scholars to campus, only...
For decades, philosophers have argued that higher education’s value is rooted in its nurturing of the tolerant, democratic citizen, and that it should cultivate within students the requisite “habits of the heart” to sustain...
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