Avik Roy and John Hood recently launched what they hope will be a movement, Freedom Conservatism. In consultation with others of like mind, they drafted a statement of principles. It’s available on their website, freedomconservatism.org. One can debate the principles and their formulations. . . . . Continue Reading »
If a college student must become a specialist to get a job, when is he to become a universalist to guard his sanity? Continue Reading »
The lesson for conservatives is that the debate is different from what they expect. Continue Reading »
First Things remains relevant by focusing on the eternal, not the fashionable. It is not merely conservative, but sound. Continue Reading »
As college students are treated more as consumers than knowledge-seekers, what they learn and for what purpose becomes merely a consumer choice. Continue Reading »
By dropping core requirements, universities are choosing license over formation. Continue Reading »
Rachel Fulton Brown, professor of history at the University of Chicago and author of the blog Fencing Bear at Prayer, joins the podcast to discuss the importance of studying the medieval era and its relevance to issues within modernity. Continue Reading »
Kenny Xu joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, An Inconvenient Minority: The Attack on Asian American Excellence and the Fight for Meritocracy. Continue Reading »
It will take a major shift in values—away from infantilization and fear and toward learning and joy—before amiable student-professor relations are possible again at places like Princeton. In the meantime, I recommend the University of Dallas. Continue Reading »
The decline of meritocratic standards in American universities, and the rise of identity-based admissions, is leading to an honor deficit that might well spell the end of elite education. Continue Reading »
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