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September 2016

September 05, 2016

Speak Real!

Long ago I had a student in Spanish who asked me: "Why can't they just...

September 04, 2016

On the Edge: How We Must Live

The most dangerous thing my wife ever placed in our house was a headboard with...

September 03, 2016

Saying the Man into Being: A Spiritual Reflection on the Odyssey

We need to see the man, say what incantation is necessary to be the man....

September 02, 2016

Nature is Awesome: On Education in the Real World

My Mom would send me outside, despite protests, and tell me to come back when...

September 01, 2016

alt-Right: Things are Getting Better in So Many Ways

The alt-right is dystopian fantasy for adolescent boys of any chronological age. Sadly, unlike Hunger Games...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

The alt-Right: am I White? What does that mean? (2/3)

If the alt-Right (the Ku Klux Klan with Twitter and irony) is to be believed,...

August 30, 2016

The Alt-Right: Irony in Service to Evil (1/3)

Bad discussions happen when one person in the discussion gives a strong view and the...

August 29, 2016

Black Lives Matter

If you are a Christian, black lives matter. "But wait," we start to say, "Don't....

August 28, 2016

In Which President Garfield is a Puppet: Public Schools Should be for the Public

Of all the things I expected when I got a bust of James Garfield (circa...

August 27, 2016

The Sorting Ceremony: Finding an Academic Home

Many of us are mentally lost, because we never found an academic home. We root...

August 26, 2016

Self-Esteem? Hardly! A truth about some students . . .

I know one student with too much self-esteem for every ten I know with too...

August 25, 2016

We Stand Under the Angels: True Education

True education begins in the fear of the Lord and ends in wisdom. Amongst other...

August 24, 2016

A Pillar in the Heart of Our School: Saint Elizabeth, New Martyr . . What if you lose?

She was intelligent, capable, beautiful and born into a position to use all her great...

August 23, 2016

A Pillar in the Heart of Our School: Saint Helen: What if you win?

Losing is easier than winning. If you win, then you have the responsibility to govern....

August 22, 2016

A Pillar in the Heart of Our School: Saint Lucy- the Genius of Simplicity

She was very young, not at all powerful, but she refused to bend to...

August 21, 2016

A Pillar in the Heart of Our School: Saint Anne- Mother Matters

We need more mothers in education for one simple reason: Education is for people and...

August 20, 2016

To Our Cat Athena

We had a cat named Solomon, who could open doors and play pool in the...

August 19, 2016

Lessons from Mom: Asking the Right Questions

When I was a little boy, Mom would read books to me. Even when I...

August 18, 2016

You Can Justify Almost Anything if You Like the Person

Brunhilde Pomsel worked for a man who was very nice in the office. If you...

August 17, 2016

Voting Based on Outcomes: the Problem Nobody is Considering

Suppose you have the choice of the lunatic John C. Fremont, the pro-slavery incompetent James...

August 16, 2016

A Good Discussion

Discussions: You have to have them, but you ought to do them well and not...

August 15, 2016

Idea: Don’t Waste Money on Politics Just Now: Rebuild the Magnaura

You could give money to one of our Presidential candidates or you could cut to...

August 14, 2016

True Education: Begins with Humility

"We're number one!" That can either be a celebration or a boast. It can also...

August 13, 2016

True Education: Seeing a World in a Grain of Sand

William Blake wrote: To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven...

August 12, 2016

On Phelps and Nero: Some Records Do not Matter (With Emily Dickinson!)

We are told that the Emperor Nero won quite a few Olympic prizes, including one...

August 11, 2016

The Temptation of the Team

"Sure he tells lies," he said, "but he is a good guy and on the...

August 10, 2016

People Kid Themselves: How Religion and Science Can Fail Us

Atheists sometimes pretend that if we all just followed "science," bigotry and intolerance would cease....

August 09, 2016

Stop Helping: the Dangers of Religious and Secular Charity

There is nothing worse than when people come to "help." By now Christians are aware...

August 08, 2016

Be Angry, But Sin Not

When times get tough, the tough get tender or at least that is what they should do...

August 07, 2016

Stop. Have a Tranya Day!

At some point in my childhood, Star Trek in reruns made "tranya" my favorite drink. While Diet Coke...