IT’S HERE: The Polarization Myth: America’s Surprising Consensus on Race, Schools, and Sex (Encounter Books, Dec. 2, 2025). When headlines scream of division, here is a refreshing perspective: Americans are more united than you think. Order here: a.co/d/5mXWXCN

The Mellon Foundation just spent $1.5M to help the American Association of University Professors’ Isaac Kamola “name and shame” and delegitimize the new classical civics schools at UF and UT Austin—rare outposts of sanity teaching Western civ and viewpoint diversity inside otherwise leftist-dominated universities. John Sailer reports: city-journal.org/article/mel…

Reading your excellent book 📘 now & appreciate how very up-to-date it is. Good example is this section on accreditation by @JM_Butcher & @madisonfaith_m

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We’re locked in to protect women’s sports.

A toddler who fell into a swimming pool and stopped breathing was resuscitated by a pair of sheriff's deputies in Greenville County, South Carolina. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said the officers' “professionalism, quick thinking, and commitment to serving others made all the difference when seconds mattered most.”

Continue to stand tall ladies! Don’t take scholarships away from them - #declinetosign

A bombshell new investigation from @defendinged reveals that since August 2015, the National Education Association (NEA) and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) have funneled $669,324,912.33 in member dues and PAC money to far-left nonprofits, Democratic Party machines, and political causes. That’s teachers' hard-earned money being weaponized against school choice, parental rights, and limited government. AFT alone dumped $159 million in dues $70 million in COPE funds. NEA poured in $308 million in dues $132 million through its Advocacy and Children & Public Education Funds.

🚨@TheJusticeDept is investigating the University of Arizona for using DEI materials despite a federal ban. @Defendinged has been tracking how ASU incorporates DEI into its courses.👇 defendinged.org/investigatio…

On Sunday, my friend Gordon Wood was struck and killed in a car accident. Gordon taught history at Brown Univ. and was among the most accomplished historians America has produced. He won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for The Radicalism of the American Revolution, and his earlier book The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787 took the 1970 Bancroft Prize. He also received the National Humanities Medal. He was, in my view, the finest historian of America's founding—which makes it all the sadder that he did not live to see the nation's 250th birthday. His reputation reached popular culture, too. Matt Damon's character in Good Will Hunting invokes him by name in the famous bar scene, accusing a Harvard student of simply "regurgitating Gordon Wood, talking about [...] the pre-Revolutionary utopia and the capital-forming effects of military mobilization." I feel fortunate to have collaborated with Gordon on several projects. In a 2019 anthology I compiled, he wrote an essay on the possibility of a shared American narrative. He centered his argument on equal rights as "the most radical and most powerful ideological force" the Revolution unleashed. "This powerful sense of equality is still alive and well in America," he wrote, "and despite all of its disturbing and unsettling consequences, it is what makes us one people." When I needed jacket blurbs for my new book Lincoln's Compass, coming out this November, I turned to Gordon. The fit was natural: the book argues that Abraham Lincoln took the Declaration's claim that "all men are created equal" as his guiding moral compass—and that he refocused the nation on that claim. Gordon, ever the gentleman, offered generous praise. He was, in many respects, the dean of American historians. He will be very hard to replace.

Higher Education in America, edited by @Heritage's @KevinRobertsTX, offers clear solutions to the economic, bureaucratic, and ideological issues plaguing America's colleges and universities. Rising tuition, ideological conformity, and a monolithic bureaucracy have done immeasurable harm to our institutions. Higher Education in America provides a clear path ahead. With a foreword by @christopherrufo, and contributions from @PrestonCooper93, @JohnDSailer, @JM_Butcher, @carolmswain, @mark_bauerlein, @jaypgreene, and more. Higher Education in America is available now from Encounter Books. Use code HIGHEREDCRISIS at checkout and save 25%. encounterbooks.com/books/hig…

So sad and my deepest sympathies to his loved ones. I am such an admirer of his work: nypost.com/2026/06/08/media/…

Who are Hope families? They’re grandparents stepping up to raise grandkids. Parents fighting for kids with autism, ADHD, or dyslexia. Rural families with no local options. Children who’ve been bullied or left behind. Students years behind in reading, desperate for a lifeline. Every child deserves a path that fits their needs—because they don’t get a second chance while adults debate. West Virginia’s future depends on giving every student real hope, right now.

Classical education, #schoolchoice & the woes of Minneapolis. Commentary with @BrileyZac, dailysignal.com/2026/06/06/m…

We're here to mark that day in history when the Allied peoples joined in battle to reclaim this continent to liberty. For four long years, much of Europe had been under a terrible shadow. Free nations had fallen, Jews cried out in the camps, millions cried out for liberation. Europe was enslaved, and the world prayed for its rescue. Here in Normandy the rescue began. Here the Allies stood and fought against tyranny in a giant undertaking unparalleled in human history. youtu.be/CTLVIp1AjAg?si=Wxz2…

My latest with @JM_Butcher today in @DailySignal Stop the Scam: Minneapolis Students Need Education Choice dailysignal.com/2026/06/06/m…

5⃣UNITE THE RIGHT F-37, a member of the leadership chat for the Charlottesville rally in 2017, made racist posts under an SPLC employee's supervision and arranged transport for others to attend the rally. SPLC paid this person $300K. 🧵9/20

We just put out a report about the National PTA last week. Like so many other national associations, they've become a mouthpiece for the left. Here's a snapshot...

Wow.