W. Keith Nix

@foucachon I should have said congratulations on your ordination as an elder! Blessings on your work/ministry/calling.

A must watch:

@CLT_Exam Even baby Katherine is likes it…

Now live on "The Anchored Podcast": Ben Sasse, former U.S. Senator and Emeritus President of the University of Florida, discusses education, liberal arts, formation, and courage in the face of his cancer diagnosis with Veritas School Headmaster Keith Nix and Classic Learning Test founder Jeremy Tate. As entertaining as it is insightful, this conversation is full of outrageous stories, zany interjections, and profound observations on life, death, and what it means to be a fully formed human being. Check it out on the Classic Learning Test YouTube channel, the official home of "The Anchored Podcast", and don't forget to subscribe! Link to the full episode posted in comments! @BenSasse @wkeithnix @JeremyTate41

Tomorrow, on a very special edition of "The Anchored Podcast": Jeremy Tate sits down with Ben Sasse, former US Senator and Emeritus President of the University of Florida, and also Keith Nix, Head of School at Veritas School in Richmond, VA. Together they discuss the future of education, Sasse's experience in the political arena, as well as Sasse's cancer diagnosis, family, faith and courage. Filled with charm, heart, and humor, this conversation offers a vision of hope and encouragement Subscribe to the official Classic Learning Test YouTube channel, home of "The Anchored Podcast", for this unique and moving conversation. Essential viewing for educators, policy makers, and anyone interested in preserving Western culture. Link in comments.

@PolytropicSage @JeremyTate41 You’re welcome!

@JeremyTate41 Keith was the head of school when I was a student at Oak Mountain Classical, but more importantly, he introduced me to AVO cigars after I graduated.

Our full conversation with Ben Sasse. The man has the kind of moral clarity that is often only given to those facing this kind of terminal diagnosis. Please continue to pray for him and his family.

Ben Sasse confirming that Santiago Schnell from Dartmouth is going to reshape higher education Full episode dropping Tuesday

Roger Scruton, so good

🚨 Worth your attention 🚨 “Children need to wrestle and touch and share food and play synchronous games like patty cake. All that stuff is how you develop friendships.” “It’s all gone now or at least it’s greatly diminished. I do not believe there are digital substitutes for children growing up.” “I think the only answer here is to keep them off. If you want to prepare your children for the digital age, keep them the hell away from these digital products until they’re done with puberty, which is around 16.” Jonathon Haidt Professor of Ethical Leadership

Bill Maher fires back at Billie Eilish and leftist “kids” who “don’t know what the f*ck” America is about. “I want to… say something about Western civilization. Kids, you don’t know what the f*ck it is.” “They think Western means white—and white means bad. First of all, everything bad that white people did, people of color did it, too. The Japanese before World War II and during World War II. And Genghis Khan, and I could go on and on.” “The left is very down on America, very down on the West. And it’s ironic because the West has also given us everything that makes your life good here. Don’t ask Billie Eilish or Chappell Roan about what the Western values are, because they’ll just say it’s about oppression.” “But it’s not about oppression. It’s about rule of law. It’s about respect for minorities. It’s about democracy. It’s about scientific inquiry. These are all good things that came from the Western world. I wish that schools would teach that again.”

Religious kids used to be noticeably happier than secular ones. After 2012, that gap exploded. Jonathan Haidt dropped this on The Daily Show: Religious children have built-in community, rituals, and traditions that anchor them. Secular kids, especially those handed phones and iPads early, are left floating without real roots. Haidt (who’s an atheist) says non-religious parents now have to work much harder to intentionally create stable social connections, because a network of strangers, bots, and algorithms is not a community — it’s crazy-making. In the smartphone era, the protective effect of community and ritual has weakened dramatically for everyone, but especially for kids growing up without traditional anchors. We traded thick, real-world belonging for thin digital freedom — and we’re watching a generation pay the price in anxiety and meaninglessness. Do you think religious community still gives kids a real advantage in 2025, or can intentional secular parents create equally strong roots without it? What’s worked (or failed) in your experience?

Beanie is a friend and fellow traveler in the classical education movement, many of you remember that she had a big account on X before it got hijacked. Now she’s back on!, Make sure to give her a follow.

Thanks @BenSasse and @JeremyTate41. Had to post, Ben,because you look so good!

As they should be…

We actually have some very close friends at the College Board and apparently the executive team is in full panic mode that this video is spreading on the Internet. Sorry, not sorry.

Anthropic’s liberal-arts-educated cofounder says “rote programming” is best avoided. fortune.com/2026/04/14/bil…

Neuroscientist explains how the SAT is redefining education

Eighth grade graduation exam from Kansas, 1895. They went to school about 120 days a year for about five hours per day.

That’s why our school doesn’t do social media.

I'm so excited about what's happening at the University of Texas under the Provostship of my old friend Will Inboden--especially in the School of Civic Leadership, led by Justin Dyer. Bravo! Learn about it here: youtu.be/p3lURk56R8k?si…