Ph.D., FRSA. Now: Director of Education Policy @MackinacCenter, Host @CritReadings. Formerly: @EuroConOfficial, @MadisonProgram, @Princeton.
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Tomorrow we're releasing a full UATX course for free: all 19 lectures of Professor Isabella Reinhardt's Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome, filmed in class with our students.
It runs from Rome's mythical founding to the Third Century Crisis. It ends on a question the class spent a whole session arguing about: did Rome ever really fall?
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I am deeply saddened to learn of Walter Koenig’s passing.
Although we did not know each other well away from the set, we shared the later seasons of the original Star Trek series and the six films that followed.
What I observed, and what so many fans have expressed over the years, was a man who genuinely loved the Star Trek community.
At conventions, Walter was rarely content to remain behind a signing table. He preferred to be among the people who had kept Star Trek alive for so many decades.
That kind of genuine connection is rare, and it will be remembered by everyone who came into contact with him.
My condolences to his family, his friends, and the countless fans whose lives he touched.
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With all due respect, “personhood” is not a magical trump card that overrides the basic principles of the republican form of government. One cannot conclude from the bare fact of personhood that anyone and everyone has a right to be counted in the census, to vote, or to stand for office.
U.S. bishops are opposing proposed Census Bureau rule changes for the 2030 census, arguing that excluding noncitizens without lawful permanent resident status from the apportionment count would effectively deny them recognition as persons.
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An example of this problem: Modern histories of the papacy (incl O'Brien, O'Malley, Duffy) assert John VIII was murdered in 882. The sole source for this is an annal in Fulda, Germany; no one in Italy spoke of it at the time. Only Coulombe hedges, noting details are conflicting.
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Starting next school year, a bell-to-bell cell phone ban will take effect in every single Pennsylvania classroom.
We’re getting back to the basics and keeping our classrooms focused on learning.
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.@midmichigannow talked to our @Prof_Cooper about Michigan SAT scores showing college readiness down as 25% meet benchmarks. wwmt.com/news/state/michigan…
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Even as over 1,200 Calif. professors plead for the return of the SAT, saying students can barely handle middle school math or finish a book, the University of Wisconsin system is moving in the opposite direction, weighing a permanent end to standardized test requirements for admissions.
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On today's Feast of Christ the King, celebrated in the traditional Roman calendar, Arouca Press is pleased to announce the publication of 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡: 𝐸𝑛𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐷𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑃𝑖𝑢𝑠 𝑋, edited by Vincent A. Yzermans.
Saint Pius X made 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑚𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑖𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜—to restore all things in Christ—the guiding principle of his pontificate. His words remain particularly fitting on this feast, which reminds us of the kingship of Our Lord over individuals, families, and society.
This newly published edition brings together 13 encyclicals and 10 selected documents of the saintly Pontiff, including his important teachings on Christian doctrine, the Church, the priesthood, and the restoration of Christian society.
402 pages | Paperback: $24.95 | Hardcover: $34.95
Order directly from Arouca Press:
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Also available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online retailers.
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"During the 2026 legislative session, EdChoice tracked 95 bills across 21 states that sought to regulate or eliminate parental choice in education." bit.ly/4ysI5VN
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„Ich will Ihnen sehr herzlich danken. Vor allem dafür, dass bei Ihnen nicht nur Problemanalysen, sondern auch Auswege und wünschenswerte Alternativen zu erkennen sind.“ Dieser Satz von #JoachimGauck erreichte mich neulich als Feedback zu „Wohlstand für Junge“.
Am Freitag haben wir uns nach längerer Pause wieder gesehen. Er ist seit den 90er Jahren insoweit ein Held von mir, als sich die Generation meiner Eltern eine ähnlich rigorose Aufarbeitung der bulgarischen Diktatur gewünscht hat, wie sie die Gauck-Behörde ermöglicht hat. Und dann bleibt er für mich der mit Abstand beste Bundespräsident der Berliner Republik.
Im September 2023 war er einer der ersten Gäste des Ludwig-#Erhard-Forums bei unserer „Zivilisierten #Provokation“: youtube.com/watch?v=yzTiXN8l…
@LEStiftung
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This is real and it could happen to you. Read real books printed on paper. You might not see a difference, but your brain does.
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The comedy-drama film Limelight opened on this day, October 23, 1952 at the Astor Theatre and at the Trans-Lux 60th Street Theatre in New York City.
Video | The two silent-era legends Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton perform a chaotic musical act filled with physical comedy, sheet-music struggles, wardrobe malfunctions, and Chaplin tumbling off the stage into a large bass drum.
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Please pray and give.
Nova…not a great update. Her body is rejecting picc lines. So they’re keeping an iv in her scalp and hoping that’ll work.
Also, infections & fever seem to be worsening but her surgeon wants to still have this surgery on the 28th instead of waiting for the surgical site to clear up as they need that incision for the removal of her jaw hardware. He wants to save her from “unnecessary radiation” of a ct scan to see if the infection is in her bone, and just do the surgery regardless.
I’m just at a loss. She is declining rapidly.
I was not able to go last night as I had hoped due to a pretty bad storm. I wasn’t comfortable loading up my other babies for the drive and their drive back especially in the dark. I’m getting ready to go now.
Please pray for nova, our travels, just my family as we try to navigate this. For the first time in a while I am having a heavy doom feeling regarding her health and ability to pull through all of this. She’s done nothing but have to fight for her life and I know she is just so tired.
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In this week's episode, @d_n_keane delivers a tour de force of hosting, taking us on a trip back to the beginnings of the detective story, and placing the Murders in the Rue Morgue in the context of its influence on the genre. Share and enjoy!
CR Episode 344: The Murders in the Rue Morgue
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How beautiful these lines! how worthy of them the gloss!—
“Was I deceiv’d, or did a sable cloud
Turn forth her silver lining on the night?
I did not err, there does a fable cloud
Turn forth her silver lining on the night.”
—John Milton, Comus
“These lines are turned like that verse of Ovid, Fast. L. v. 545.
‘Fallor? An arma sonant? Non fallimur: arma sonabant.’
The repetition, arising from the conviction and confidence of an unaccusing conscience, is inimitably beautiful. …
When all succour seems to be lost, heaven unexpectedly presents the silver lining of a sable cloud to the virtuous.”
—Thomas Warton
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"The FSTC will be of particular benefit to families in traditionally blue states like New York that would not have offered choice to students on their own but have indicated they will participate in the program." bit.ly/4i5Oj9f
