This week’s curation begins with Jack Miller highlighting what his eponymous center is doing to spur a revolution in American civic education. As Miller contends, passing civic knowledge on from one generation to the next is crucial for the continued success of the American republic. But with the rise of ideologically infused history and a shift to STEM fields in higher education policy, students increasingly do not possess basic civic knowledge that is required of citizenship. Fortunately, the Jack Miller Center has partnered with 1,000 professors on more than 300 college campuses who have taught well over 1 million students “about the wisdom and promise of our founding documents and our history of making them a reality.” In our latest civic institution op-ed, Mike Sabo highlights the myriad civic resources offered by the Indianapolis-based Liberty Fund. Founded by businessman Pierre Goodrich in 1960, Liberty Fund boasts four major webportals, a vast digital library of key economic and historical texts, conferences, podcasts, and more. Richard Reinsch notes that Law & Liberty, one of Liberty Fund’s key offerings, explores the “classical liberal tradition of law and how it shapes a society of free and responsible persons.” Greg Weiner argues that judging presidents by the “first 100 days” standard, which was created with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s entrance into office in the midst of the Great Depression, “distorts politics by encouraging occupants of the White House to change as much as possible as quickly as possible.” Instead, Weiner says that presidents need to deploy judgment and prudence and disregard the idea that success lies in the speed at which they remake America in their image. Original Posts Jack Miller, RealClearPublicAffairs If Abraham Lincoln were alive today and looking out from a speaker’s stand over our divided nation, he would probably once again deliver his Gettysburg speech. All he would need to c... Mike Sabo, RealClearWire In the News Valerie Strauss, Washington Post Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters Matthew Vadum, Epoch Times Robert Cherry, RealClearPolicy Dwight Adams, Indy Star Scott Jennings, Courier Journal Ricky L. Jones, Courier Journal Inez Stepman & Lindsey Burke, National Interest Jay Schalin, Martin Center for Academic Renewal Jerry Newcombe, Stream Barry Alan Shain, Chronicles Mike Gonzalez, Washington Times Associated Press Manuel Hinds, Law & Liberty John F. Doherty, Public Discourse Allen Shick & Kevin Kosar, Understanding Congress The topic of today’s episode is, “Can Congress budget?” My guest is Dr. Allen Schick. He is professor emeritus at the School of... David Randall, Bruce Frohnen, Kevin Gutzman, et al., National Association of Scholars America needs better American history textbooks. America’s children are growing up to know little about the story of... Nadine Strossen, Glenn Loury, Richard Shweder, et al. Heterodox Academy Watch leading academics and HxA members discuss the role of diversity in higher education. This is the second video in a series... Chris Flannery, American Story Sports fairly practiced—especially individual sports—are a great meritocracy revealing, for all the world to see, the beauty of... Jeff Sikkenga, Christopher Riano, & Cara Rogers, Ashbrook Ashbrook seeks to strengthen constitutional self-government by educating our fellow Americans -- students, teachers, and citizens... Carl Cannon's Great American Stories Forty-eight years ago today, the American people were riveted by a spectacle that would result in the end of a ... Good morning, it's Friday, May 14, 2021, the day of the week when I reprise quotations intended to be uplifting ... On this date in 1883, Mark Twain's publisher released "Life on the Mississippi," a biographical account of his boyhood. Many ... |