CATEGORY: COLLEGE (3 min)
What does the “good life” look like at college?
Good grades? An iron-clad thesis? Nailing the perfect internship?
Or is it something more?
High-Achieving Students Make This Mistake Every Semester
Driven students kill themselves to be successful. They overcommit to extracurriculars. Work a side job (or two). All in the hopes of landing a job and a high salary.
But crazy as it sounds, this isn’t “success.”
Success isn’t the hustle; it’s the integrated life. You might call it happiness.
5 Suggestions for Living an Integrated Life
In this week’s Intercollegiate Review essay, R. J. Snell is bringing you back to basics. College, he points out, isn’t some magic time out of life, but a time dedicated to practicing the good life.
He has a few suggestions for making the most of your four years:
- Educate your whole person. Your college years will set the tone for the rest of your life, so act accordingly. Who do you aspire to be?
- Read good books (inside and outside of class).
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CATEGORY: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (4 min)
By now you’ve probably heard of the 1619 Project, an initiative of the New York Times. It’s caused considerable controversy, particularly among conservatives.
Here’s the two-second summary:
The first African slaves arrived in Virginia in 1619. So the authors of the Project suggest that 1619, not 1776, marks the beginning of American history.
Is This Just Another Revisionist Take?
Maybe, but over in Public Discourse, S. Adam Seagrave isn’t so sure.
He wants you to look more closely at the project.
The Redemption American History Needs Now
Read his challenging and thoughtful essay to learn:
- Why we need “Project 3395,” or the combination of 1619 and 1776
- The connection Alexis de Tocqueville observed between equality and slavery
- What Frederick Douglass believed America was “called to”
Could the 1619 Project correct defective perspectives on our history? Read the rest and decide for yourself.
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CATEGORY: LOGIC (6 min)
“Okay, but just to play devil’s advocate . . .”
Chances are you’ve used that sentence at least once in your life.
Where does the phrase “devil’s advocate” come from?
And more important, why do we still use it today?
What’s the Devil Doing in Our Discourse?
Over in The Point, Agnes Callard reveals the surprising backstory behind this intriguing concept, and explores its use as an oratorical device, both online and off.
Read her excellent essay to give the devil his due.
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CATEGORY: ECONOMICS (55 min)
It’s a fair question. And with socialism being so popular, you better be ready to answer it.
Like many economic terms (including socialism), capitalism is poorly understood.
So let’s tune in to Gary Wolfram. Listen to his lecture to learn:
- What capitalism really means
- How innovators help the poor improve their circumstances
- Why the economist who revived West Germany after WWII was so wary of government intervention
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