Anthony Esolen’s plan for saving American culture is as incendiary and inspiring as its governing metaphor — a phoenix rising out of the ashes of what he sees as a decimated society. But it may be just as mythical. Out of the Ashes, the latest book from Providence College English professor, author, Divine Comedy translator, and 2017 Hillsdale College commencement...
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Alumni return to recruit teachers at job fair
One year ago, Danielle Garceau ’16 attended her third and final Classical School Job Fair at Hillsdale College. Or so she thought. After accepting a teaching job at Rocky Mountain Classical Academy just two days after last year’s job fair, Garceau started teaching middle school mathematics in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Last week, she returned to campus for her fourth job...
‘The Kingdom of Speech’ in review: Wolfe’s ‘New Journalism’ is getting old
BAM! A right cross to that sniveling Charles Darwin and his so-called “Theory of Evolution.” Then … WHAP! A slap to Noam Chomsky and his sycophantic band of MIT-desk-bound Darwinian linguists. That’s the conceit of “The Kingdom of Speech,” New York City-based journalist Tom Wolfe’s 2016 book which argues that it is language, not natural selection, that distinguishes man from...
‘Kiss Me, Kate’: Adaptation of Broadway musical brings back the Bard
1948 was a crazy year. It was the year Harry Truman won against all odds, one of the greatest upsets in American history. Porsche made its first car. Andrew Lloyd Webber was born. And it was the year “Kiss Me, Kate” hit Broadway. Today we have our own presidential upset, Porsche has an SUV, and Webber has made his...
