Capitalism and Western Civilization: Democracy
May 10, 2012 by William H. Young |
William Young discusses contemporary notions of democracy and social progress.
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Ask a Scholar: Declining the Second Term
May 07, 2012 by Jason Jividen |
Has there ever been a president who did not run for a second term by choice?
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Professors Also Need to be Students
Mar 13, 2012 by Jason Fertig |
When you spend the bulk of your time driving, it's easy to forget how the car looks from the passenger seat.
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Capitalism and Western Civilization - The Founding
Feb 02, 2012 by William H. Young |
William Young discusses the founding of the American commercial republic in the context of Western Civilization.
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The Ruinous Reign of Race-and-Gender Historians
Jan 23, 2012 by KC Johnson |
If you need to consult history texts focused on traditional constitutional or political themes, KC Johnson notes that you'll have to look at specimens from 35-40 years ago. No one writes such books anymore.
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The Protestant Ethic and Western Civilization
Aug 18, 2011 by William H. Young |
William H. Young argues that the academy should renew an emphasis on hard work if America is to redeem its unmotivated generation.
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Video: Mark Bauerlein on American History by Google and Wikipedia
Jul 25, 2011 by |
Is internet searching conducive to real education?
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Video: George H. Nash on America’s Founding Generation
Jul 07, 2011 by |
Is classical higher ed possible today?
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Knowledge of American History Rapidly Becoming History
Jun 28, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
What do most students know about US history? Very little. What to do about it? Good question.
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Video: Christopher Long on The Future of “Educating for Liberty”
Jun 01, 2011 by |
Chris Long tells about ISI's mission to reach today's college students.
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Ask a Scholar: Is There a Connection Between Foreign Aid and Civil Rights?
Apr 12, 2011 by William C. Widenor |
Is American humanitarianism related to a felt need to project an image of the US as compassionate, in contrast to its history of racial discrimination?
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Reviving the True, the Good, and the Beautiful
Apr 06, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
Ashley Thorne attends a meeting of the Philadelphia Society.
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Crania Academia
Apr 05, 2011 by Peter Wood |
The academy undermines itself when it belittles the efforts of earlier generations of scholars.
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Failed Hypotheses
Apr 01, 2011 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood compares higher education’s doctrinaire apologists to supporters of a discredited archaeological theory about the first peoples in America.
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Ask a Scholar: Third Party Possibilities
Mar 30, 2011 by Hubert P. van Tuyll , Thomas Mann |
What are the dangers of a third caucus arising in American politics?
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