The Great Conversation: Family
The Great Conversation: Family By Matt McKeown The family is a universal context and, accordingly, a universal concept. The family is one of the oldest institutions in human …
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Disruption, or Development?
Disruption, or Development? There are few questions as contentious in education as what the curriculum should be and why. As Charlotte Mason pointed out over a century ago, …
The Great Conversation: Custom & Convention
The Great Conversation:Custom & Convention One of the oldest conversations in philosophy is about the contrast—to some minds, conflict—between custom or convention on the one hand and nature …
Don’t Cancel the Classics
Don’t Cancel the Classics By Tyler Bonin When we invited Wall Street Journal columnist Meghan Cox Gurdon to the Anchored podcast to discuss her editorial “Even Homer Gets …
The Great Conversation: Honor
The Great Conversation: Honor The idea of honor takes two forms. These are conveniently indicated by the double meaning of the Greek word δόξα (doxa), which comes from …
The Great Conversation: Constitution
The Great Conversation: Constitution By Matt McKeown Society is governed by laws. What governs the laws themselves? When we speak of constitutions here in the US, we tend …
The Great Conversation: Memory and Imagination
The Great Conversation: Memory and Imagination By Matt McKeown Considering that we use them every time we think, it can be surprisingly difficult to explain what we mean …
The Great Conversation: Evolution
The Great Conversation: Evolution By Gabriel Blanchard The development of life, from the bacterium to the bass player, is a largely modern contribution to the Great Conversation. Evolution …
The Great Conversation: Theology
The Great Conversation:Theology By Matt McKeown Few topics are as contentious, or as rich, as that of divinity. We have discussed religion here at the journal before. It …
The Great Conversation: Oligarchy
The Great Conversation: Oligarchy By Gabriel Blanchard Money is power, sometimes literally. The word oligarchy comes from the Greek ὀλίγος, meaning “few.” Technically, any government by a small …
