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The Real American Founding: A Conversation
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Supply-Side Economics and American Prosperity with Arthur Laffer
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The David Story: Shepherd, Father, King
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Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Mathematics and Logic: From Euclid to Modern Geometry
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Civil Rights in American History
Philosophy & Religion
Introduction to Western Philosophy
Literature
Classic Children’s Literature
History
The Great American Story: A Land of Hope
Politics
Constitution 101: The Meaning and History of the Constitution
Literature
The Genesis Story: Reading Biblical Narratives
Philosophy & Religion
Introduction to Aristotle’s Ethics: How to Lead a Good Life
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The Second World Wars
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Congress: How It Worked and Why It Doesn’t
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The Young Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey
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Western Heritage: From the Book of Genesis to John Locke
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Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and Selected Short Stories
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Introduction to the Constitution
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Theology 101: The Western Theological Tradition
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American Heritage: From Colonial Settlement to the Current Day
Literature
Shakespeare: Hamlet and The Tempest
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The U.S. Supreme Court
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Athens and Sparta
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Public Policy from a Constitutional Viewpoint
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An Introduction to C.S. Lewis: Writings and Significance
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Winston Churchill and Statesmanship
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The Federalist Papers
Philosophy & Religion
A Proper Understanding of K-12 Education: Theory and Practice
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Great Books 102: Renaissance to Modern
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The Presidency and the Constitution
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Great Books 101: Ancient to Medieval
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Constitution 201: The Progressive Rejection of the Founding and the Rise of Bureaucratic Despotism
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