Note: a more thorough review of Esolen's book is coming very soon. Thanks to Ben Franklin, it has always been possible to home-school yourself to a college education. Libraries let…

Editor's note. A particularly apropos (leisurely paced, so relax) essay on the nature of Communism. Recall this is 2017, one hundred years after the successful revolutions in Russia. Just what…

The original story begins below, which ran on 14 February 2017. Events since then have confirmed the original conclusions. Middlebury Update Violent students at Middlebury College attacked and badly wounded…

Maintaining ideological purity requires constant vigilance. The Commissars in the old Union of Soviet Socialist Republics knew this well. This is why they assigned zampolit, or political officers, to serve…

Are there any (nonprofit) colleges or universities without programs, offices, or administrators for Diversity? In the United States, I mean, or, secondarily, anywhere in the West. Type "Diversity" in Harvard's…

An "aspiring freelance journalist", one Spencer Folkins, "decided to conduct a series of interviews with authors on what his victory means to them and writing as a whole." Here are…

Ahem A few disconnected observations to wrap up the election. Starting tomorrow, unless events intrude, we return to regular, more rewarding and interesting material. All within the state, nothing outside…