by The Classical Academy | Sep 30, 2025 | Dean's Dispatch
Last week I heard a sportscast and the topic was “Which quarterback, X or Y, gives their losing team the best chance to succeed?” This is a typical sports debate. Nothing is ever decided, and if the media pundits agree on someone then that player flops, they all claim...
by The Classical Academy | Sep 2, 2025 | Dean's Dispatch
Manners are not Virtues Every nation has social and cultural norms and expectations for polite society. They are different all over the world, but every people group has constructs for how to demonstrate courtesy. Here in the United States, we highly value saying...
by The Classical Academy | Aug 15, 2025 | Dean's Dispatch
Happy August to you! On my desk is a little book by J.R.R. Tolkien. He is known, of course, for being the author of a big book – The Lord of the Rings – but he was also a great translator of medieval stories into modern language. While the Lord of the...
