Liberty
Warning conservatives about antisemitism, bigotry
Robert George reminds the American conservative movement about what ought to be conserved. The first item on the list was what I regard as the foundational principle of all sound…
Robert P. George
American legal scholar
Liberty
Classical Education Gets a Boost
Robert George writes about a positive education trend. A disturbing trend I have observed over the course of my academic career is the general decline in classical education. The slow…
Liberty
Positive Signs for Those Who Seek to Save Universities
Yuval Levin ponders a promising development in higher education. It has increasingly seemed that many of America’s leading academic institutions are run by people who have no idea why universities…
Research Brief
Education
Why North Carolina Needs a Strong Parents’ Bill of Rights
Senate Bill 49, the Parents’ Bill of Rights, would correct the current imbalance of authority between schools and parents, delineate parental rights, and end practices that limit parental decision-making. Among…
Liberty
Princeton Celebrates Constitution Day by Trashing Constitution
Alexandra Orbuch writes for the Washington Free Beacon about one Ivy league school’s unusual approach toward American political history. Princeton University celebrated Constitution Day in mid-September with an event featuring…
Education
Martin Center President Urges Restoration of Liberal Arts
Jenna Robinson of the Martin Center focuses on necessary changes within American higher education. Universities are in dire need of reform. They are too expensive; the classwork is too easy;…
Education
Emphasizing civics education
Mike Sabo writes at Real Clear Wire about the importance of civics education in a nation with our form of government. “Civic knowledge is an indispensable element of what it…
Education
Martin Center president laments breakdown of American education, hopes for change
Jenna Robinson’s latest Martin Center column highlights a failure of American education. America’s system of education has failed in one of its most important goals: forming future generations of American…
Education
Martin Center column highlights good free online courses
Shannon Watkins of the Martin Center devotes a column to top-notch free online college courses. Fortunately, neither the barriers of time nor money have to inhibit continuing one’s education. There…
Education
Martin Center column focuses on civil discourse at UNC
Jay Schalin of the Martin Center focuses on efforts to boost the level of civil discourse at UNC-Chapel Hill. An important new front in the culture war has opened up…
Education
Martin Center column highlights key element of ‘deep’ education
Shannon Watkins of the Martin Center documents a recent visit to Duke from two prominent academics with opposing political views. About a year ago, Princeton philosopher Robert P. George came…
Education
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Carolina Journal Radio marks its 800th weekly episode by highlighting some of the most interesting figures to appear on the program over the past 15 years. Among the notable interviewees:…