Penguin Classics is partnering with Disrupt Texts to replace Shakespeare and Homer with Ibram X. Kendi. What is Disrupt Texts? For the uninitiated, it is a new radical movement in classrooms which seeks … Continue reading “Did You Know? Disrupt Texts Is the Latest Attack on the Western Canon”
The academic enterprise is supposed to be about truth. Those who are entrusted to teach are expected to convey knowledge to their students, not their opinions. And when academics write … Continue reading “Professors Should Write Books That Seek Truth, Not Inflame Passions”
I attended an estate sale for the first time a couple of weeks ago, and a wave of unreality washed over me. It was bizarre to rummage the home of … Continue reading “The Wisest of Counselors: The Western Canon and Those Who Would Defend It”
The English major has lost its way; here is a path back.