Opening Up the World

by Mark Bauerlein

Academic dogma casts religiously inspired critique as narrow and bigoted, but my experience has been the opposite. Continue Reading »

14 Jun 2017

The War on Tenure

by Jennifer A. Frey

Academic freedom is the freedom to pursue truth in good faith, unimpeded by fear of dismissal by those who wield power. Now it is under threat.
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23 May 2017

The Protest

by Malcolm Rivers

It wasn’t a perfect evening for a demonstration. The night was cold and damp. On the rain-slick concrete stairs of Harvard’s University Hall, thirty-five undergraduates crowded together, hoping for news coverage and bantering nervously. After weeks of planning, finally the day had come, and we . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2016

While We’re at It

by R. R. Reno

♦ An exchange of emails by Clintonistas, available courtesy of WikiLeaks, has provoked a great deal of commentary. The chain starts with a message from John Halpin, a fellow at the Center for American Progress. He’s writing to John Podesta, chairman of the Clinton campaign, and Jennifer . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2016

The Failure of the Conservative Intellectuals

by David Randall

An intellectual doesn’t have to play that particular game. He can think and write about art or anthropology; contemplate Euclid or Euthyphro; or even argue for what he takes to be the truth of politics, rather than seek out political victory. Continue Reading »

2 Nov 2016

Trigger Warning!

by The Editors

The First Things Podcast, Episode 9. Anti-feminist icons remembered (the late Phyllis Schlafly) and welcomed (special guest Midge Decter). PC campus culture debated.
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9 Sep 2016

Where Her Whimsy Took Me

by Veery Huleatt

I thought it would be little more than a pleasure read, a short break before I got into the serious stuff, but soon I found that my expectations, and my reading habits, were being re-written. Continue Reading »

11 Aug 2016

Final Advice for the Untenured Conservative Humanist

by Mark Bauerlein

Part 3, SERVICE. When you join a committee, you either make your colleagues' workdays easier or make them harder. If the latter, they will remember the fact and it may very well come up at tenure time. Continue Reading »

14 Jul 2016

More Advice For the Untenured Conservative Humanist

by Mark Bauerlein

Part 2: TEACHING. Sage-on-the-stage, the flipped classroom? No need for that. Just avoid a few crucial missteps. Plus: How to raise your students’ grades without inflating them. Continue Reading »

17 Jun 2016

Some Advice
For the Untenured
Conservative Humanist

by Mark Bauerlein

Tenure recommendations for humanities professors have three parts: research, teaching, service. If you are an untenured humanities who is also a religious or social conservative, the bar is set higher for you. I will be offering advice for each category. First, RESEARCH. Continue Reading »

10 Jun 2016