Flagg Taylor

I have a new piece out today in Persuasion, a tour of the why, what, and how of liberal education. I call for the wholesale reconstruction of the undergraduate curriculum and a fundamental shift in the professoriate's conception of its purpose. persuasion.community/p/how-to-reviv…

Forthcoming: “The Princeton History of American Political Thought” Edited by Susan McWilliams Barndt, Nicholas Buccola & Roosevelt Montás: press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

The American Revolution was driven neither by ideology nor passion. Read @FlaggTaylor4's essay for The Civitas Collection 250 here: civitasinstitute.pulse.ly/asmpg2jxkm

As we continue celebrating the United States’ semiquincentennial, I am proud to announce the launch of the Civitas Collection 250 by @UT_Civitas . 1/4

Scoring. Defense. Winning. Aaaand not flopping.

Colleges should keep assigning books! Even if fewer and fewer students are reading them. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/…

FINALLY.

.@MiamiOHSwimDive stole the show at tonight's men's basketball game. Were they effective? Well, Central Michigan shot 57% from the FT line in the second half...😂 @MiamiOH_BBall | @WDTN

Just a reminder that Philip Seymour Hoffman is one of the greatest actors of all time.

Law girl turns poet Sun beams burst through briefs, appeals Regret not your rice

How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Ukrainians tabletmag.com/sections/news/…

@titusfilm The Billy Crystal/Carol Kane scenes in that movie too!

@FlaggTaylor4 Thanks!

This is great, as usual from @titusfilm on film! lawliberty.org/remembering-ro…

reminds me of this quote by St. Augustine “People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.”

Yuval Levin, in a tribute to Norman Podhoretz, makes an astute point about our culture: nationalreview.com/corner/norman-…

A few years ago, I had a great conversation with @FlaggTaylor4 about "Making It" and Podhoretz's career: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fre…

Special Collections of King Library at @MiamiOHNews acquired this 1864 printing of the Emancipation Proclamation in honor of the founding of the Center for Civics, Culture, and Society. Many thanks to Dean Jerome Conley, Rachel Makarowski, and Alia Wegner.

Not understanding something the first time you read it is good.

Participants include @EliotACohen, @TheSubtleNotes, @ProfessorHamlin, @DobskiBJ, Hugh Liebert, & Brian Danoff. Authors discussed: Plutarch, Homer, Shakespeare, Melville, Twain, Franklin, and Lincoln!

Miami hosts Literature and Leadership Symposium Nov. 18-20 | News at Miami University miamioh.edu/news/2025/11/m…