When books become life’s greatest teachers

When books become life’s greatest teachers

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – George Washington, Abigail Adams, and Thomas Jefferson show how self-education shapes character, wisdom, and leadership. Through reading, reflection, and engagement with great books, they cultivate lifelong learning, self-restraint, and honorable living, offering a timeless invitation to pursue knowledge beyond formal schooling and grow through disciplined study and thoughtful...

The gift of nostalgia: How parents shape a family’s future

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Memories surrounded in laughter and love are the moments which can bind a family together for generations. Parents have the power to influence and inform their children’s lives by creating intentional memories in the moment that will become nostalgic lifelines in the future. Build memories surrounded by virtues...

DOJ Religious Liberty Commission calls for major shift in church-state policy

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – “The truth is that the phrase ‘wall of separation between church and state’ appears neither in the First Amendment nor anywhere else in the Constitution,” the report acknowledges. “What the First Amendment does say is that ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.’

Is there an American myth of 1776?

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Was the persona of George Washington exaggerated after his death so that Americans could rally around this figure politically? The answer couldn’t be more clear. It’s a timely conversation given the 250th celebration underway throughout the country, coupled with the Socialist takeover of Democrat politics...

What do Benjamin Franklin and Molly Pitcher have in common?

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Benjamin Franklin and Molly Pitcher reveal how courage, humility, and virtue sustain liberty in moments of crisis. From the battlefield at Monmouth to the Constitutional Convention, their stories show that freedom depends on character, faith, and ordinary people willing to stand when history demands moral conviction and selfless action...