The Dean’s List

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – I take you into a fierce Rhode Island rivalry between Stephen Hopkins and Samuel Ward, tracing their legal battles, political clashes, and rise to the Continental Congress. This story reveals how personal conflict shaped colonial leadership and influenced the path toward American independence in a fascinating and often overlooked chapter...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – The Supreme Court delivers an 8–1 ruling affirming First Amendment protections for therapists, striking down a Colorado law restricting certain counseling practices. Justices emphasize free speech and viewpoint neutrality, while dissent warns of harmful consequences. The decision reshapes ongoing legal battles over conversion therapy laws nationwide and sparks intense debate...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – A seven-week digital detox transforms one man’s brain and daily life. From monastery silence to Amish labor and family reintegration, the journey reveals sharper memory, deeper conversations, and renewed wonder. Brain scans suggest dramatic cognitive changes, raising powerful questions about screen dependence and the hidden impact of constant digital stimulation...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Juries in New Mexico and Los Angeles found tech giants liable for damages in the millions based on what they knew about their apps and what they hid from the public. Social media giants should be worried that this case offers the first blueprint for how to argue such claims—and for what damages might be sought...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – I bring students into a moment of curiosity and uncover the overlooked courage of Robert Morris and Charles Willing. I show how their fortunes fueled the Revolution, revealing that liberty depends not only on bold leaders, but on quiet sacrifice, character, and a willingness to risk everything for a greater cause...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Justice Samuel Alito acknowledged the possibility of fraud when “a big stash of ballots” that arrives late “radically” flips an election. Alito further lamented the move away from Election Day to something more susceptible to wide-scale fraud. “We’re moving in this direction,“ Alito stated. ”We don’t have Election Day anymore. We have election month, or we have election months.”

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – The twelve-year-olds with smartphones were 31% more likely to show symptoms of depression, 40% more likely to be obese, and 62% more likely to get insufficient sleep. Among the group of kids who did not have a smartphone at 12, but later acquired one over the next year, the results were similar. These kids were more likely to report serious...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – New research tracks children from infancy to adolescence, revealing how early screen exposure may reshape brain development, slow decision-making, and increase anxiety risk. Findings highlight infancy as a critical window and show how simple parental interactions, like reading together, can help offset potential long-term cognitive and emotional impacts...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Research shows increased connectivity in various regions of the brain long after you’ve read a book. This demonstrates not only the importance of reading, but also what we are reading. Reading books causes persistent changes in resting-state connectivity of the brain was published in the journal Brain Connectivity...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – What’s troubling about this report is that these children were not in school during the closures of the pandemic period in 2020 and 2021, yet their academic struggles mirror those of older students who experienced those disruptions earlier in their elementary school careers. It’s almost as if these students are meeting lowered...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – New research finds school choice programs strengthen public schools by driving competition and improving academic outcomes. A Florida-based analysis shows significantly higher gains for students compared to increased funding alone, suggesting policy design and incentives play a critical role in boosting performance and delivering stronger returns on education investment...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – In 1776, New Hampshire stands at a crossroads. After its Royal Governor flees and tensions with Britain intensify, local leaders debate loyalty, reconciliation, and independence. Delegates work to persuade their constituents that breaking from Britain may be the only path forward in the growing struggle for American liberty...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – The letter follows troubling reports of states removing children when parents declined to support their child's self-identification as another sex. “Surely we can all agree: No state can be allowed to rip children from their parents’ arms and transition them to a new gender against the parents’ will,” Trump stated during his SOTU.

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – The Supreme Court has blocked California policy that prohibits school personnel from informing parents when students request changes to their gender identity at school. SCOTUS states that “The State argues that its policies advance a compelling interest in student safety and privacy. But those policies cut out the primary protectors of children’s best interests: their parents.”