Mendel: An Author Profile
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: 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 Author Profile
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
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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Sartre: An Author Profile
SartreAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard In Sartre, we meet an enigma—and a firebrand. Jean-Paul Sartre is perhaps the single most prominent existentialist philosopher in history. This is
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The Great Conversation: Love—Part III
The Great Conversation:Love—Part III By Gabriel Blanchard Romantic love has had a fascinating history in our intellectual tradition. Go here for Part I and Part II. Now we
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Solzhenitsyn: An Author Profile
SolzhenitsynAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard An author who saw most of the twentieth century from the vantage point of two of the greatest world powers, Solzhenitsyn offers
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The Great Conversation: Love—Part I
The Great Conversation:Love—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard Love is one of the richest and most varied topics of the Great Conversation. It has long been conventional in western
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Proust: An Author Profile
ProustAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Proust shaped twentieth-century literature not only in his native France, but throughout the English-speaking world. The nineteenth century was a period of
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