The journey from small-town Arkansas to Yale Divinity School and back. Reflections on education, identity, and finding your path.
The path from small-town Arkansas to Yale Divinity School and back again isn't one most people take. These posts are the personal side — reflections on education, identity, family, and finding your way when the map doesn't match the territory.
How William F. Buckley Jr. and Frank Meyer unified traditionalists, libertarians, and anti-communists into a movement—and whether that coalition can hold in the age of populism.
A firsthand account of the William F. Buckley Jr. Program at Yale—what it does, why it matters, and what it's like to be a conservative Fellow on a campus that would rather you weren't.
The case for engaging the strongest progressive arguments rather than caricaturing them—drawn from Buckley's example, Mill's logic, Aquinas's method, and three years at Yale Divinity School.
In this post in my series “God and Man at Yale Divinity I share my paper on...
America is the greatest country on earth, and shared patriotism can unite us across political divides. Why love of country still matters as a unifying theme.
With these testing delays that are plaguing the country, I am left wondering what value these mass testings have.
In this post, I discuss COVID-19, murder hornets, the joy that is 2020, and my optimism for the future.
In this post, I discuss those who would disown family members over political beliefs.
In this post, I reflect upon Twitter toxicity and the worldview-warping nature of social media.
In this post, I write about my journey toward understanding forgiveness.
The Simpsons seeks to find the elusive answer to the question, “What is a liberal?”
As life has hit the pause button amid this pandemic, I will choose to be grateful for what I have as we are all waiting to reopen.
This post discusses the paper writing process without access to a library or even the ability to leave my house.
This post discusses the sudden implantation of pass/fail grading systems at Yale and the sense of entitlement surrounding it.
This post discusses the beginning of the Zoom era at Yale and how managing the COVID fallout has given birth to a new Ivy League experience.
In this post, I discuss why I think students on elite college campuses seem angry all the time.
In this post, I discuss COVID, its ramifications on Yale’s campus, and the new normal after the end of spring break.
In this post, I discuss the first week of spring break, the Buckley seminar, and the start of the Coronavirus pandemic.
As I begin to grow comfortable at Yale, I am becoming more aware of the Ivy League façade that masks much of the mundane and unpolished aspects of elite...
As the semester begins to progress, I have started making summer plans, largely settling on taking additional classes back home in Arkansas.
I dined with National Review editor Rich Lowry after his Yale Buckley Program lecture on nationalism. Reflections on humility, plus his full lecture video.
In this post in my series “God and Man at Yale Divinity I discuss the fourth...
In this post in my series “God and Man at Yale Divinity I discuss the...
In my final post of the Fall 2019 semester at Yale Divinity School, I reflect upon grades at Yale and the end of my first semester here. This content...
In this post in my series “God and Man at Yale Divinity I wrap up the semester...
In this post in my series “God and Man at Yale Divinity I discuss my thirteenth...
A Yale Divinity student's firsthand reaction to the 2019 Harvard-Yale football game protest---the climate demands, the virtue signaling, and what it reveals about elite campus culture.
A weekly update from Yale Divinity School---progress on final papers, preparing for exams, visiting the Yale Art Gallery's Dura-Europos exhibit, and thoughts on the curriculum.
A conservative student's firsthand account of oppression culture at Yale Divinity School—the fetishization of victimhood, the woke scold minority, and the silent reasonable majority.
A Yale Divinity School student reflects on PhD aspirations, academic grading, and the top doctoral programs in New Testament and religious studies worth pursuing.
In this post in my series “God and Man at Yale Divinity I discuss my first...
In this post in my series “God and Man at Yale Divinity I discuss my fifth...
What the first week of Yale Divinity School is really like — classes, community, and culture shock. A veteran's firsthand account of the M.Div. program.
In this post, I describe BTFO Before the Fall Orientation at Yale Divinity School.
Below is the writing sample I submitted as part of my successful application to Yale Divinity School
In this post in my series God and Man at Yale Divinity I provide a copy of my...
A first-person guide to applying to Yale Divinity School's MDiv program—covering the personal statement, writing sample, acceptance, financial aid, the GI Bill, and moving to New Haven.
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