My friend and former student Yoram Hazony has argued in Public Discourse that it’s time for universities to abandon any commitment to “absolute free speech.” In light of rampant expressions of anti-Semitism…
Tag: Defense
Timeless and Timely: A Defense of the Great Books
Others have a fancy for a good horse or dog or bird: my fancy, stronger even than theirs, is for good friends. And I teach them all the good I can and…
In Defense of the Liberal Arts and the “Queen of the Sciences”
In recognition of schools starting across the country this week, this essay is the first in a four-part series on liberal education. It would be far less complicated to tell my seatmate…