INKLINGS SEMINAR (ABSTRACTS DUE JUNE 1): PLEASE SHARE

'The inklings and Their Critics'

Seminar 13 in the link:
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I appreciated the chance to write this response/reflection on Emma Green's take on Classical Education, and grateful for Law & Liberty for publishing it. lawliberty.org/drafting-socra…

In a recent National Affairs essay, Law & Liberty editor John G. Grove argued that a preference for centralization makes the National Conservatism movement less relevant and persuasive to American audiences.

“Attempting to superimpose the vision of a culturally, religiously, or…

While Samuel Gregg and Joseph E. Stiglitz do agree that liberty is in a fragile state, Gregg finds that “The Road to Freedom” fails to properly frame the nature of the threat. lawliberty.org/book-review/jo…

Conductors are so exquisitely sensitive to time, and yet in life they sometimes miss the beat. Here’s Rebecca Burgess Law & Liberty on Leonard Bernstein, the Maestro:

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Yes, a few people want to treat classical education as yet another culture-war chew toy. But this has never been the ethos of my children’s classical school, and I’m pleased to find that Nadya Williams has (mostly) the same experience. Law & Liberty:

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My essay on 'comprehensive' versus 'constitutional' politics in Law & Liberty yesterday tries to go beneath the normal labels to a more fundamental division. Based on my talk at The Ciceronian Society this year.

Comprehensive or Constitutional Politics? – John G. Grove lawliberty.org/comprehensive-…

Check out the recent JMC webinar: “Solving the K-12 Civics Crisis”! Danielle Allen, Robert John Burton, and Lianne Cottrell gathered to discuss the challenges in civic education and promising solutions. Watch the conversation now!

#education #webinar
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New apartment buildings in U.S. all look really similar to each other.

One reason: U.S. regulations dictate an oddly-specific layout that's hostile to families and limits light/ventilation.

THREAD:

Contrast this with the single-stair designs allowed in Europe. They deliver more of the light, air, and acoustic privacy typically provided by detached single-family buildings.

There's more living space for families.

This used to be legal in the U.S.

On the final day of #TeacherAppreciationWeek , we'd like to express our gratitude to all of the JMC American Political Tradition Fellows. This group of 15 passionate and talented educators from around the country has spent the past year engaging the key texts of the American…

'Instead of seeking to sustain the unsustainable fantasy of economic growth at all costs, American conservatives should dismantle nearly every unconstitutional apparatus of the central government.'

My latest at Law & Liberty

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Nadya Williams: 'Classical homeschooling dwells between the right and the left, because the love of life-long learning and the idea that this kind of intellectual curiosity is part of what makes us truly human is not a partisan value.'
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Rebecca Burgess: 'Viewers may start to suspect that the story is not really about the historical Leonard Bernstein at all.'
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Why was Leonard Bernstein so exquisitely sensitive to tempo and pitch, and so insensitive to people? Rebecca Burgess on Maestro: lawliberty.org/majesty-myster….

Have classical schools become a right-wing recruiting ground? Nadya Williams on the politics of the classical schooling movement: lawliberty.org/drafting-socra….

While comprehensive politics starts with a dream of what could be, constitutional politics starts with what is: the actual people, institutions, and authorities of any given society. John G. Grove on some distortions in our political vocabulary: lawliberty.org/comprehensive-….

Book review | A Nobel Polemicist: lawliberty.org/book-review/jo… via Law & Liberty.

Samuel Gregg: “One wonders how much Joseph Stiglitz has actually read of Hayek and Friedman.”

“For, notwithstanding Stiglitz’s desire to carve out a new road to freedom, the political agenda underlying this book is not one of renewal or rejuvenation.”

Samuel Gregg reviews “The Road to Freedom”: lawliberty.org/book-review/jo…