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2 days ago | 
newenglishreview.org | Patrick Keeney
By Patrick KeeneyThe modern university, once a sanctuary for critical inquiry and truth seeking, has become a laboratory for fashionable ideologies. Mark Mercer, a professor of philosophy at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax and a longtime defender of academic freedom, has provided us with a disturbing case study that reveals the depth of this transformation.
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5 days ago | 
newenglishreview.org | Patrick Keeney
By Patrick KeeneyThe French have an apt expression for those vexing moments when, having exited a spirited exchange, the perfect rejoinder belatedly arrives. They call it l’esprit de l’escalier—“the wit of the staircase.”The phrase captures that all-too-human affliction of eloquence delayed. The sharp retort, the subtle riposte—these come not in the heat of dialogue but only after one has turned his back and descended the stairs.
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1 week ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Patrick Keeney
CommentaryThe French have an apt expression for those vexing moments when, having exited a spirited exchange, the perfect rejoinder belatedly arrives. They call it l’esprit de l’escalier—“the wit of the staircase.”The phrase captures that all-too-human affliction of eloquence delayed. The sharp retort, the subtle riposte—these come not in the heat of dialogue but only after one has turned his back and descended the stairs. “If only I had said…” It’s an experience with which I’m intimately familiar.
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1 week ago | 
edsurge.com | Patrick Keeney |Jeff Pitcher
Imagine you’re a ninth grader navigating a world where generative AI, agentic AI and other emerging technologies dominate the headlines. The future feels uncertain, so how do you even begin to decide what you want to be when you “grow up”? Students today are shaping identities that will guide them through careers spanning the decades ahead. This uncertainty can be daunting, but one thing is clear: Foundational knowledge in computer science will be essential, no matter what paths they choose.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Patrick Keeney
3 hours agoThis iPhone trick lets you have private conversations without leaving a trace. Our phones have made it easier than ever to stay connected, but keeping conversations truly private is a lot harder than it used to be. Whether you're sharing something personal or planning a surprise, there's always the …
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2 weeks ago | 
newenglishreview.org | Patrick Keeney
By Patrick KeeneyThe recent debate between U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance and former British MP Rory Stewart brings to the fore one of the defining tensions of our age: the clash between rooted national identity and the universalist impulse of modern liberalism. At its core is a question of profound ethical and political significance: does Christian love demand an equal concern for all, or does it prescribe a hierarchy of obligations?
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3 weeks ago | 
courage.media | Patrick Keeney
Dome fresco by Johann Michael Rottmayr (1656 – 1730) The recent debate between U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance and former British MP Rory Stewart brings to the fore one of the defining tensions of our age: the clash between rooted national identity and the universalist impulse of modern liberalism. At its core is a question of profound ethical and political significance: does Christian love demand an equal concern for all, or does it prescribe a hierarchy of obligations?
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3 weeks ago | 
newenglishreview.org | Patrick Keeney
By Patrick KeeneyIn his trenchant essay, “The Average College Student Is Illiterate,” Hilarius Bookbinder sounds the alarm over the precipitous decline in student literacy. It is a sobering account. Bookbinder (a pseudonym) teaches in the humanities and draws upon years of classroom experience. He observes that many of his students are functionally illiterate. They are unable to engage with serious adult literature and often find the very act of reading tedious.
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3 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Patrick Keeney
CommentaryIn his trenchant essay, “The Average College Student Is Illiterate,” Hilarius Bookbinder sounds the alarm over the precipitous decline in student literacy. It is a sobering account. Bookbinder (a pseudonym) teaches in the humanities and draws upon years of classroom experience. He observes that many of his students are functionally illiterate in that they are unable to engage with serious adult literature, and often find the very act of reading tedious.
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1 month ago | 
newenglishreview.org | Patrick Keeney
And that, perhaps, is the point. In the Canada imagined by Justin Trudeau — a self-declared “post-national” state with no core identity, no binding mythology, and no shared memory — Mark Carney is not merely a suitable leader; he is its perfect heir. He embodies the very ethos of the post-national project: technocratic rather than democratic, globalist rather than patriotic, managerial rather than visionary.
