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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…

Gotta give credit where credit is due. here are the people I LOVE to read/watch who are changing the media landscape: @rpnickson @packyM @mattmedved @Emily_Sundberg @jordihays @johncoogan @the_culturist_ @HipCityReg @sariazout @MollySOShea Margaux MacColl (not on X)…

CS Lewis, Tolkien, and Chesterton were all inspired by one writer His works shaped Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia, and countless other tales Here’s the writer behind the writers And his books that inspired the greatest thinkers of the 20th century…🧵

It’s time for states to take the fight to reclaim American education to the next level: eliminate the SAT and ACT and replace them with the Classic Learning Test! @KevinRobertsTX @ALEC_states @CLT_Exam

The goal of education in each century. 753 BC - The cultivation of virtue 33 AD - The cultivation of virtue 313 AD - The cultivation of virtue 800 AD - The cultivation of virtue 1517 - The cultivation of virtue 1865 - The cultivation of virtue 2025 - College and career readiness

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