The Great Conversation: State
The Great Conversation:State By Gabriel Blanchard “L’état, c’est moi,” Louis XIV said: “I am the state.” But what does that mean? From Plato’s Republic right down to modern …
Hemingway: To Write the Truth
Hemingway: To Write the Truth By Gabriel Blanchard Hemingway’s matter and style both have proven some of the most profound influences upon American literature. The novelist Gertrude Stein, …
The Great Conversation: Progress
The Great Conversation: Progress By Gabriel Blanchard The idea of progress is one of the most influential—and distinctive—qualities of the modern age. The idea of progress colors the …
This Week’s Bookshelf
This Week’s Bookshelf If by some chance you gave up podcasts for Lent, welcome back to the Anchored audience! We launched the Anchored podcast in 2020, and we’ve …
Mendel: The Father of Heredity
Mendel: The Father of Heredity By Gabriel Blanchard How did an obscure priest from the hinterlands of an extinct empire become one of the most eminent names in …
Examination Cross-Examined: Why Test In a Test-Optional World?
Examination Cross-Examined By Gabriel Blanchard Why test in a test-optional world? In recent years, the test-optional movement—in which standardized test scores are no longer required for college admissions—has …
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Interview: Opening Students’ Minds to the Great Conversation
Opening Students’ Minds to the Great Conversation A former teacher, school administrator, and indeed school founder (as well as a periodic contributor to the Journal), Rachel Greb has …
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Eliot: An Un-Provincial Mind
Eliot: An Un-Provincial Mind By Gabriel Blanchard Though she shocked her contemporaries, Eliot’s work has become some of the most celebrated literature in British history. The late eighteenth …
The Great Conversation: Definition
The Great Conversation:Definition By Gabriel Blanchard To define terms is always hard, usually dull, often frivolous—and unavoidable. All language involves definition, at least implicitly; or, to put the …
Sartre: The Voltaire of the Twentieth Century
Sartre: The Voltaire of the Twentieth Century By Gabriel Blanchard In Sartre, we meet an enigma—and a firebrand. Jean-Paul Sartre is perhaps the single most prominent existentialist philosopher …
