CATEGORY: CONSERVATISM (5 min)
Maybe you read Henryk Sienkiewicz’s masterpiece in high school.
His novel Quo Vadis made him famous in America. Hollywood made a movie based on it.
But more important was Sienkiewicz’s unique vision of the good life.
Polish as Pierogi, but Goes with Anything
Sienkiewicz may be obscure today, but his writings contain critical lessons for anyone aspiring to live the good life in a modern context.
In this week’s Intercollegiate Review essay, Casey Chalk introduces you to the life, work, and legacy of a thinker you probably won’t study in the average college classroom.
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CATEGORY: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (5 min)
Are we a biblical nation? Depends who you ask.
Many Christians will say yes.
Religious skeptics will bring up the absolute separation of church and state.
And nationalist scholars will redefine “biblical.”
America as a “Hebraic” Nation
American identity has always been complicated. It’s especially thorny now.
Some intellectuals want to change that by advancing a new understanding of our biblical roots. The question is, Does it hold up?
In the New York Times, Samuel Goldman, literary editor of ISI’s Modern Age journal, brilliantly analyzes this intellectual trend and reveals what it’s missing.
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CATEGORY: HIGHER EDUCATION (3 min)
10 to 1.
That’s the ratio of liberal to conservative professors in American higher education.
So it’s not surprising that conservative students go into the classroom fearing that expressing their views will affect their grades negatively.
But is the fear valid?
The Kids Are OK, but the Adults Are Not
Professor Musa al-Gharbi shows us a slightly different reality in National Review. Undergraduates, he argues, face far less discrimination than do PhD candidates.
He shows why, and also offers hope to those who stick it out.
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