Archive - The Classical Dispatch

The Ladder of St. Augustine

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Published on A Certain Slant of Light • 13 hrs ago

Why the Reformers Didn't Go to Seminary | The Four, Ep. 23

Filmed on site at our annual Repairing the Ruins conference

Aug 21 • The Classical Dispatch

The Problem With Teaching Church History in School | The Four, Ep. 22

Filmed on site at our annual Repairing the Ruins conference

Aug 6 • The Classical Dispatch

July 2026

Fairy Tales Are Not Morality Lessons | Jonathan Pageau | RTR 2026

A plenary from this year's Repairing the Ruins conference

Jul 21 • The Classical Dispatch

How Should Christians Read and Teach Graphic Classical Literature? | The Four, Ep. 21

How should we teach Dante’s Inferno? Many readers get lost in the names, historical references, and medieval politics. But Dante’s primary concern is…

Jul 18 • The Classical Dispatch

The Failed Experiment of Multiculturalism | Lennox Kalifungwa | RTR 2026

A plenary from this year's Repairing the Ruins conference

Jul 16 • The Classical Dispatch

The Servile Man and the Free Mouse

By Devin O'Donnell, previously published at the CiRCE Institute

Jul 15 • The Classical Dispatch and Devin O’Donnell

June 2026

Why Does Human Error Create Value? | How Craftsmanship Creates Better Teachers | Artes Mechanicae, Ep. 20

Can teaching ever be guaranteed to succeed? Is there something more valuable in an artifact made by hand, as opposed to one made by machine?

Jun 24 • The Classical Dispatch

Can Bad Men be Good Rhetoricians? | The Four, Ep. 20

Do words merely express our thoughts, or do they shape them?

Jun 22 • The Classical Dispatch

Raising Students to Seek Truth in Postmodern Times | The Four, Ep. 19

What do people get wrong about Socratic discussion? Are classical Christian schools just the latest version of college prep?

Jun 17 • The Classical Dispatch

Fixing America Through Mechanical Arts | Artes Mechanicae, Ep. 18

What are the mechanical arts for? Are they simply a means of producing more things to consume, or do they point us toward a better way of living?

Jun 15 • The Classical Dispatch

The Word "Goodbye" is More Interesting than You Thought | Isidore's Pub, Ep. 15

Devin O’Donnell is back with another word — Goodbye.

Jun 12 • The Classical Dispatch and Devin O’Donnell

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