Encounter Books

The West is one unbroken conversation, from the agora of Athens to the workshops of Florence, about what is true, what is good, and how a people ought to live.

The Golden Thread Curriculum gives teachers and homeschooling parents what they need to help carry that conversation forward: lesson plans, primary sources, illustrations, and original maps that tell our story.

Built on the celebrated books by Allen C. Guelzo and @JamesWHankins1, from Golden Thread Academic and @Hillsdale.

Volume I, from Greece through the Renaissance, is available now, free of charge for educators and parents at goldenthreadcurriculum.com.

“The way that causes and candidates, and principles and parties, recover always and everywhere requires the humility to admit errors, the discipline to correct them, and the tenacity to organize for victory.”

Daniel J. Flynn draws on conservative history and the wisdom of Frank Meyer to examine lessons from election losses.
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How did civil rights laws and policies give way to the woke ideology we have today?

In Why We Walk on Eggshells, @GailHeriot sketches out the practical incentives created by decades of legislation and both public and private policies that led to the erosion of civil discourse and culture at large.

Why We Walk on Eggshells is available now at Encounter Books.
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Preorder After Progress at Encounter Books!
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“Ultimately, if California’s ever-expanding welfare state is to be funded, wealth taxes could enable the government to raid savings, property, and stocks held by a large and expanding upper middle class.”

@joelkotkin breaks down class dynamics, political realignment, and government overreach for @unherd.
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