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Learning for Liberty
It’s college application season. From my window, I can see thoughtful families walking across the quad, following the tour guide—mothers filled with hope, dads with questions about costs, students...
The Lost Purpose of Learning
In the autumn of AD 386, a thirty-two-year-old academic superstar named Aurelius Augustinus made a radical move: He resigned his position as imperial professor of rhetoric in Milan and...
Our Own Devices
A flickering glow welcomed me to my university’s chapel service. Votive candles? If only. No, these were glowing smartphones, as thick as fireflies on a summer’s evening. It was...
