Walker Larson
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How to Make a Good 1st Impression—and Handle Awkward Conversations With Grace (opens the original)
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She explained that good manners aren’t just about making a favorable impression. It’s not about personal optics. Good manners reflect a deeper belief in respect for others. This in turn lays the groundwork for mutual respect. To think more concretely about these related categories, Cheperdak recommends starting with some imagination—even a bit of “show business.” “If you were a creative director for a movie starring you, what would the direction be like? How would this person dress? How would th
En Plain Air: The Analog Restoration Continues as GenZ Learns to Paint (opens the original)
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Traditional CultureEn Plain Air: The Analog Restoration Continues as GenZ Learns to PaintTired of screen glare and instant AI images, young adults are picking up paintbrushes to find real-world meaning and connection. Mark Us Preferred on GoogleWalker Larson9/27/2026|Updated: 9/27/20260:00There’s something in the air—and it’s young people. To be more precise: Millennials and Gen Zers are beginning to set aside their phones and learn to paint en plein air, “in the open air,” directly from life, n
4 Books to Get Started With the Classics (opens the original)
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Classic literature has attained, especially in our time, a reputation for being either dull and irrelevant or formidable and impenetrable, an elitist interest, existing mainly to be dissected by bespectacled professors. As a result, a thicket of intimidation often sprouts up between “ordinary” readers and literary classics. But to appreciate classic literature, you don’t have to be an academic. You don’t have to be a book snob. You don’t have to have a doctorate, or drink tea and live with 19 ca
From Myth to History: The Discovery of the Real Location of Homeric Troy (opens the original)
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Through the power of Homer’s poetry, generation upon generation has felt the allure of “the ringing plains of windy Troy.” No other city—not even Arthur’s Camelot—raises its many-towered citadels more imposingly from the mist of legend and imagination. Troy, appearing at the very dawn of Western culture, is the “first city,” the archetype of all other cities. Yet for millennia, this glorious, doomed city—the shining backdrop for our most foundational work of literature—was considered nothing mor
Grade Inflation and the Collapse of Academic Standards (opens the original)
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When “A” becomes the average grade, is it still an “A”? So, are we seeing an unexpected cohort of savants, a new generation of ubiquitously gifted students who make our founding fathers—many of whom were in their twenties when they created a brand new country—look like amateurs? The real cause, as NEA explains with surprising candor, is decade after decade of teachers awarding A’s for sub-par work “due to constant, consequential demands by students, parents, and administrators.” From tense conve
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