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Great @WSJ story today about the @UTCivics School. The school and its research and publications arm - @UT_Civitas - are excellent! They brighten the future of Texas. wsj.com/opinion/univer…

This is a compelling article about how humans learn, how the UK improved its schools, and what the US could do to improve reading and math education.

"Chromebooks are the new Baby Einstein – an untested educational panacea with laughably dubious evidence of any positive outcomes." Putting computers on students desks was a terrible mistake. By John Allen Wooden johnallenwooden.substack.com/p/ok-google-ma…

What is the kingdom of Christ? A rule of love, of truth,—a rule of service. The King is the chief servant in it.

The Jefferson Center for Core Texts and Ideas at @UTAustin provides students in any department or major the opportunity to explore great works of civilization & deep questions of humanity. This article in the Alcalde profiles the center and its students. alcalde.texasexes.org/2025/04/uts-je…

The fundamental division today is not between people of different religions or even between the religious and those who are atheists or agnostics. It's between those who genuinely seek truth and accord it the highest priority and those whose basic allegiance is to other agendas.

You know where that's not a crime? America. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press..." Be thankful for the First Amendment.

This brilliant demonstration by @Mr_Raichura has been rightly much-discussed. But some of the pushback has been very revealing. This is a state comprehensive, inner-city. Not private or affluent. 47.5% children eligible for state-funded free meals. If you don’t think working…

You are called to be beacons of God’s love:    •   At the gas station,    •   At the grocery store,    •   At school,    •   And in your workplaces. The Advent of Christ shines through YOU into the lives of others. #LiveTheGospel #AdventMission

Watch this. Miracles happen and saints like walk with us. I am so thankful for @mattarino and his ministry at @SJD_Houston and now in Florida. Every minute of this video shows Matt’s trust in God and how his love for Christ gives him a heart for others! youtu.be/K6ilJJIh2BA?si…

For everyone at elite schools saying it's impossible or unrealistic, here is what freshman students read in their first semester in the Honors College at The University of Tulsa. Do they do the reading? Yes. Do they appreciate the challenge? Yes. Is it hard? Yes.

Thomas Jefferson's handwritten draft of our Declaration of Independence (with revisions by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin), 1776:

I could not be prouder of the students I teach at Princeton. I have an undergraduate course in civil liberties going with about 120 students enrolled. They are brilliant, but that's a secondary reason for my pride in them. We've just spent three weeks addressing profoundly…

Iggy Pop on Gibbon’s Decline and Fall is the most poignant thing I’ve read all week. jstor.org/stable/2552828…

Civilization is not a development. It is a decision. It is the decisive people who have become civilized; it is the indecisive, otherwise called the higher skeptics, or the idealistic doubters who have remained barbarians.

An important interview with a very wise man. thefp.com/p/mlk-speechwr…

Five tips to navigate a difficult conversation: 1. Don’t talk about yourself 2. Listen more 3. Ask questions aimed at understanding 4. Find points of agreement 5. Let friends be wrong

I went from thinking the Bible was the most boring book ever to seeing the magic in it. Years ago, I realized that the Bible is the foundational book of Western civilization. If I was going to be an educated person, I needed to know what it said. Though I was motivated to learn…