Greg McBrayer
@GregMcBrayer3
Co-host of @thenewthinkery with @alexpriou & David Bahr. political science prof @ashbrookcenter
Posting this one more time. This is a fairly personal piece about teaching today. Published with @LawLiberty Got a lot of positive feedback from friends. Thank you. lawliberty.org/education-in-a…
I wrote about the lack of administrative support for the liberal arts in @nytimes. The standard story we hear is that students don't want it. But a darker reality is that even when it wins big with students and donors it loses with those in power. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opi…
Wells’s Strauss’s Xenophon’s Socrates sounds interesting
“Most importantly, we learn that Strauss’s Xenophon’s Socrates turns to the human things and ordinary opinion in order to vindicate…inquiry into nature.” Sounds exciting
There are a surprising number of Allan Bloom lectures on Archive.org > archive.org/search?query=a… -- not a full selection by any account, but an interesting availability (also Bloom's selected reading of CAM from the 150 minute cassette tapes)
What are the best Western Civ lectures (thru 1500) available out there on the interwebs? A friend is putting together an online course. I know of @stevensmithyale lectures. Others?
The @JoinFAI decision to hire this (H1B) immigrant to study Francis Bacon’s “Great Instauration” is what sets @ZacharyGraves leadership apart from other think tanks. Power move.
Congratulations to the University of South Carolina, the latest flagship state university to establish a major academic program on civic life and leadership. sc.edu/uofsc/posts/20…
Ahem @WhiteCastle
just remembered that americans don’t have random old castles in the countryside that they can go and visit
Woof! Just finished writing a commentary on Strauss's interpretation of the Euthyphro. What started as taking a few notes turned into a much bigger project. I want to share it with you in space early next week as a prelude to a close reading of the Euthyphro itself.
Reviewing Republic Bk 1 for an episode with @TheGreatB00ks Reminded how funny/rude/effective/discomfitting Socrates's example of how providing arms might be unjust to a man (Cephalus) who's terrified be might be going to hell for dealing arms is.
Welcome 🐣🍼👶 Baby Charlie ❤️
just remembered that americans don’t have random old castles in the countryside that they can go and visit
“One of my co-hosts” Tweets about self. On the 👃
Apparently one of my co-hosts wants me to have smooth, lady-like legs? Strange.
On Strauss on Xenophon's Socratic Turn academia.edu/130338818/On_S…
If you’re looking for something on the Declaration of Independence to listen to 🎧 while grilling, check out my friend @cburk76 with @amideapodcast
🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day! Today, take a moment to consider the ideas we're actually celebrating. What did the founders mean by "all men are created equal"? Why do rights come from "nature's God"? Deepen your appreciation for America's principles: tinyurl.com/5ahzw2ct
In Jaws (1977), the Mayor only cares about money. Yet, as Machiavelli knew, freedom is at stake. While Brutus exiled the prince and executed his own sons to save Rome, Mayor Vaughn chickened out and let Chief Brody seize power of Amity Island. "He who creates a free government,…
When Mayor Vaughn tells Chief Brody, "My kids were on that beach, too," he's giving a master class in What It Takes to be a successful civil servant: A willingness to sacrifice your own children if it helps the GDP. True skin in the game, blood in the water.
The elective curriculum—set up in the late 19th century—is the root of the problem. Based on laissez-faire economics and social Darwinism, it is a terrible way of educating students and a miserable influence on students’ souls.
The elective curriculum—set up in the late 19th century—is the root of the problem. Based on laissez-faire economics and social Darwinism, it is a terrible way of educating students and a miserable influence on students’ souls.
Tomorrow, Wed, July 2, at 11:30 am Chicago time, Professor Stuart Warner will present "Montesquieu's 'Milken Way': Reflections from the 'Persian Letters'" in the History of Ideas series, the Institute of Historical Research (London) us06web.zoom.us/j/89375292431?… history.ac.uk/events/montesq…
Sad news for liberal education. Important for us to keep in mind as we try to build excellent programs that we are often at the mercy of administration whose support for LE can be fickle.
Two years ago, I moved to Tulsa to become the inaugural dean of a new honors college. Then President @bradrcarson convinced me to leave my endowed position at Carolina to build the university’s sixth college. I am so proud of all we accomplished over the last two years 🧵(1/21)