JosephusAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard From priestly aristocrat to rebel general to imperial slave to eminent scholar, Josephus enjoyed one of the most dramatic careers of anyone […]
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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
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HemingwayAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Hemingway’s matter and style both have proven some of the most profound influences upon American literature. The novelist Gertrude Stein, twenty-five years
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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
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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
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MendelAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard How did an obscure priest from the hinterlands of an extinct empire become one of the most eminent names in science? No
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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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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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EliotAn Author Profile 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 and
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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
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