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This is Part One of a series spotlighting, nay, flaunting, National Review‘s young talent.
For those who don’t already know, Kaitlyn Kiepert is a National Journalism Center editorial intern here at National Review and a rising senior at Patrick Henry College. She’s also into theatre and 19th-century historical reenacting. Guy Denton and I had the opportunity to discuss all of that and more on the most recent episode of The Associates.
Kaitlyn has been an asset for the editorial team this summer, with her news writing, magazine proofing, and the historical perspective she brings to her coverage of current events.
A sampling of her contributions:
Smithsonian American History Museum Embraced ‘Extreme Political Activism,’ White House Report Says
President Trump said the Smithsonian review would have several primary emphases: the public-facing content of the Smithsonian’s exhibitions, its curatorial process, its exhibition planning, its collections, and the narratives driving its curation. The review would investigate eight Smithsonian museums in its first phase, and the president made it clear that there would be a second phase as well.
The president can keep a close eye on the Smithsonian due to the museum’s charter specification that the U.S. Chief Justice and Vice President serve as ex officio members of the Board of Regents. There are also six congressmen on the board, three temporarily appointed by President Trump and three by Speaker Mike Johnson. There are also nine Regents from the general public, two from D.C. and seven from other states.
Homeschool Parents See Promise — and Peril — in Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Melanie Wilson, homeschool mother of six, curriculum writer, convention speaker, and digital content creator, disagrees; she regards homeschoolers as generally more hesitant to embrace technological developments.
“They were some of the last people to embrace online learning . . . and having their kids do classes online using the internet for research,” she told NR. “I’m not saying that they didn’t use it at all, but they were most interested in physical books.”
Wilson witnessed the Covid-19 pandemic prompting more home educators to rely on online courses to teach their children, but she believes the pendulum is beginning to swing back.
You can read as many history books as you’d like, but there’s nothing quite like stepping into the past and experiencing it for yourself.
I’ve spent more days in the 19th century than I can count — the hoop skirts and corded petticoats, the freshly-baked bread, the historic buildings spanning the 1800s.
Once you’ve dipped candles over an open fire or cranked a butter churn for hours on end, history never really looks the same again. For the first time, it just feels so tangible — so real.
I’m firmly convinced that American history can’t thrive on historical textbooks or documentaries alone. In an era when many people spend more time glued to their phones than in face-to-face conversation, it’s all too easy to lose perspective on life.
Read her entire collection here.
While she’ll be leaving us for her final year of undergrad in a few weeks, Kaitlyn’s is a name that NR’s readers should continue to hope to see in the future, whenever and wherever she publishes.
