Mark Anthony Signorelli and Nikos A. Salingaros argue that modern art, despite its declared aspiration to escape the distortions of received traditions, nevertheless operates according to a discernible logic (a tradition, of sorts): a logic of hostility to the natural, the human, the traditional, and civilization itself.
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John Von Heyking responds to complaints of Canadian employers that too many students are studying the liberal arts rather than vocational skills.
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If you like hearing people tell other people they aren't doing their job right, then you'll love "A Crisis of Competence: The Corrupting Effect of Political Activism in the University of California." The report, written by the California Association of Scholars (a division of the National Association of Scholars) is 81 pages of steely resolve and relentless truth-telling, and if it were roast beef, you wouldn't be able to cut it: it's that well done.
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Hadley Arkes agreed to face a camera and tell it like it is at the 2010 Summer Institute at Princeton. This video is one of the fruits of our session with him.
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I am ISI's Director of Internet Technology and chief designer/developer of ISI's websites. I graduated with a B.A. from Baylor University's University Scholars program and earned an M.A. in philosophy from Villanova University. My wife, a philosophy doctoral candidate at Villanova University, and I live in Wilmington, Delaware.
Gerson Moreno-Riano, dean of the school of undergraduate studies at Regent University, answers the question, "What does the phrase, 'limited government,' mean?"
In this short video, George Nash acknowledges Hoover's unfavorable reputation as a president, and recounts some of his many impressive accomplishments.
