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Why You Should Read “All the King’s Men”

By: May 15, 2025

Our friends at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center launched an interesting program this year in which they are asking authors and experts to tell us why WE should read the books that helped shape them or those that have significantly impacted human history. Through YouTube video…

The Spectator: Get Some Class, Folks!

By: Walter Donway May 13, 2025

Dante, Statius, Virgil and the Nature of Being in Dante’s Divine Comedy

By: Alexander Schmid May 07, 2025

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Jefferson in Time: Perspectives through His Eyes

By: Cara Rogers Stevens, Todd Estes, Christine McDonald, and Hans Eicholz Mar 20, 2025

Thomas Jefferson was born April 13, 1743 and died on July 4th, 1826. During his 83 years Jefferson saw and brought about dramatic changes in law, slavery, and religious toleration. His efforts were imperfect but he did, throughout his life, attempt to live up to his ideals.