CATEGORY: COMMUNITY (9 min)
If you're having trouble staying grounded and feeling like a real human, do yourself a favor and find your third place, writes Allie Conti in The Atlantic.
What’s a “third place”? It's a space for chance encounters and unstructured conversation . . .
. . . cafes, pubs, bowling alleys, neighborhood parks.
These places connect us to others and enrich our lives.
But their place in American society is dwindling as suburbia, screens, and COVID have privatized leisure . . .
. . . and in the urban spaces that do have an abundance of potential “third places,” people tend to be obsessed with productivity and overscheduled.
According to Conti, we need to fight to reclaim third places if we want to live more fulfilling lives. What do you think?
As Billy Joel (almost) once sang, “ . . . it’s better than bowling alone.”
Read Conti’s voyage of discovering new third places right here.
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CATEGORY: LIBERTY (3 min)
Reject the godless consumerism of modern culture! More Chinese-made junk and vapid excess won’t nourish your soul. Focus only on what’s important.
Sounds good, right? Sounds pretty conservative.
But minimalism isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, argues Christian Winter in The American Conservative.
In his viewing, proponents of minimalism today just swap out the lie of consumerism with a new lie: “that physical things are a distraction from what really matters in life.”
On the contrary: We must recognize that “human life involves interaction with and ownership of real things.”
True freedom lies in rootedness. In limits. Not in freedom from all possessions. Is the Millennial sitting in a hotel room scrolling digital #content living a freer and more fulfilling life than the man tending his family’s farm?
Winter instead urges us to pursue “a sort of materialist maximalism.”
What does that entail? You’ll need to read his article to find out.
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Because our student editors and writers are bravely bringing conservative ideas to their campuses, we’re highlighting their efforts here.
USG Approves BDS-Aligned Referendum via the Princeton Tory
The Fourth American Era via the Free Pack
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CATEGORY: HISTORY (21 min)
If you ever learned about the Crusades in school, you probably learned that they were evil.
You know, the Crusades were all about greed and exploitation. European Christians senselessly attacked the Muslim world.
But what if everything you’ve heard about the Crusades is wrong?
In this week’s archive pull, historian Paul Crawford debunks four of the biggest myths about the Crusades.
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Have you registered for our second annual Homecoming Weekend yet?
You’re invited to join us as we gather once again at ISI's main campus near Wilmington, Delaware, on May 13-14 for our second annual Homecoming Weekend . . .
And if you're under 30, tickets are only $50!
But hurry, ticket sales close on May 9th.
Last year's inaugural event definitely lived up to its name—our beautiful 20-acre campus was buzzing with the energy of intelligent discussions and the vibrant community that ISI is known for.
And this year, we're doubling down to create an even greater experience for faculty, students, alumni, and friends of ISI.
Highlights of Homecoming Weekend include:
- A Friday night dinner at Wilmington’s historic Hotel du Pont honoring the winner of ISI’s 2022 Conservative Book of the Year Award, Victor Davis Hanson, for his book The Dying Citizen
- Additional Saturday Reunion Luncheons for Graduate Fellows; Honors Scholars and Society Leaders; and Collegiate Network Editors, Interns, and Fellows past and present to reconnect with their ISI friends
- Our ISI reunion conference Saturday afternoon featuring panels on the purpose of the liberal arts and the future of higher ed
- Saturday evening reception featuring food, live music, and dancing on ISI’s campus
This is your chance to experience what ISI has to offer as the top resource for conservative education and community.
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“It will all be better in the end and if it is not better then it must not be the end yet.”
—Dean Koontz, From the Corner of His Eye
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