Liberty
Reading good literature to restore civic virtue
Casey Chalk writes for the Federalist about one way to boost civic virtue. Americans don’t read literature much any more. According to a YouGov survey, 40 percent of adults did…
Literature
polysemous term referring to a written art form, and the set of all literary works
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Speech Police Come for the Late Roald Dahl
Charles Cooke of National Review Online laments the effort to rewrite the works of his favorite childhood author. No more Roald Dahl meant the unthinkable: no more books by Roald…
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Free Speech Takes a Back Seat at UNC Chapel Hill
Writing at City Jounal, John D. Sailer reports: Last month, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees passed a resolution reaffirming the Chicago Principles on free expression and adopting the Kalven…
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Presidents as storytellers
Tevi Troy writes about a new book that highlights the best presidential authors. There is a long and storied history of presidents who have been authors of books that display…
Education
Martin Center column explores saving the humanities
Grattan Brown writes for the Martin Center about taking steps to save the humanities in higher education. For more than two decades, professors have been “flipping” classrooms to move course…
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V.S. Naipaul and “Our Universal Civilization”
Until a week ago, I had never considered reading V.S. Naipaul, the 2001 Nobel laureate for literature. City Journal editor Brian Anderson gave a brief appreciation of Naipaul’s writing in…
Education
Want to read a classic? Get parental permission first
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller highlights an unusual practice in one Dallas-area school district. A highly regarded school district in the Dallas area has been requiring students to obtain…
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New Carolina Journal Online features
This week’s Carolina Journal Online Friday interview features a conversation with author Thomas Thibeault about his World War II-era historical novel, Balto’s Nose. John Hood’s Daily Journal focuses on the…
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Learning about the ?Great Books?
Anthony O?Hear?s recent volume, The Great Books: A Journey Through 2,500 Years of the West?s Classic Literature, surprised me to some extent. Expecting a book with slight plot descriptions and…
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Too Much Computer Time
At Christmas time, I asked a 9-year-old’s mother what kind of books her daughter likes to read, as I was planning to give books as presents, as I often do.…
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“Literature for Jocks”
John J. Miller on The Corner. It’s short so I’ll quote in toto: I’ve always had some fondness for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens because their team name is a literary…
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Re: Friday Question
In response to the question about books, I have to say yes, one. I completely destroyed my paperback copy of Gone with the Wind. I read it over and over…