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August 2018

August 23, 2018

Rumors of Rain: Must Read Food for the Soul

Professor Timothy Bartel has published the work of California poet and teacher Jonathan Diaz in Rumors...

August 20, 2018

The Birth of God: Having a Theogony

If God exists, then He has no beginning and no end by definition. God exists,...

August 19, 2018

Georgia Should Be On Our Minds

If you want hope, Georgia should be on your mind. I wanted currency to visit...

August 17, 2018

If We Love Justice, then We Will Return to the Discussion Again and Again (Last Day of Summer in the Republic 70)

I just read of a leader who is tired of hearing about justice issues. “Didn’t...

August 09, 2018

Just Some Moderns in Windsor: The Bowdlerization of Our Minds (Summer in the Republic 62)

The Royal Shakespeare was technically perfect, energetic, and missed the point of the play or...

August 06, 2018

Get some Energy (Summer in the Republic 59)

A class needs time to develop, in college at least three hours, but getting the...

August 04, 2018

Favre and Socrates: If They Give Up Things Are Bad (Summer in the Republic 57)

Brett Favre always wanted to play or so it seemed watching him. He seemed never to...

August 02, 2018

Wait! Remember First Questions! (Summer in the Republic 55)

Socrates knew what Jesus incarnated: the beginning questions contain the apocalypse and paradise. News happens...

July 2018

July 31, 2018

Dry Salvages: Plato, T.S. Eliot, A.E.Taylor Went to a Bar. . (Summer in the Republic 53)

Read enough great books and you see connections. . . Plato, T.S. Eliot, and A.E....

July 28, 2018

Glutton for Learning: The Temptation of Edutainment with a Digression on American Racism (Summer in the Republic 51)

Asking a question begins a series of questions so endless that if it were not...

July 22, 2018

The Just Person: Just to the Unjust! (Summer in the Republic 45.5)

Unjust people think that justice is weakness. The just person hides behind justice, even with...

July 08, 2018

The Internet Tyrant (in fact all Tyrants) Hates Quibblers and Wisdom (Summer in the Republic 32)

“It’s just words.” “Beware the quibbles.” When you hear someone impatient with careful thought, defining...

July 05, 2018

Just one hundred years ago: the death of the Romanov Family

Some books stay with you and influence all you do. When I was a boy,...

July 01, 2018

What about the Strongman? (Summer in the Republic 26)

In fifth grade I learned that big kids could be dangerous. The nerdy kids in...

June 2018

June 27, 2018

Don’t marry an angry man. (Summer in the Republic 23)

My wife Hope, The Fairest Flower in all Christendom, gave our daughters an unbendable rule:...

June 26, 2018

Searching without Knowing (Summer in the Republic 22)

Americans have many good traits: we like practical solutions, but every virture has a corresponding...

June 24, 2018

How to Deal with the Tyrannical Teacher (Summer in the Republic 20)

Work for a tyrant and if you survive, you learn a great deal, but at...

June 21, 2018

A Just Man Cannot Harm Anyone (Republic 17)

A just man cannot harm anyone. That command seems impossible or at least Utopian: the...

June 17, 2018

Don’t Give Up, Keep Pursuing Truth: Be an Alamo Thinker (Summer in the Republic 13)

“Never surrender.” The underrated classic Galaxy Quest gets a laugh from the motto, though the...

June 16, 2018

The Wise Dad versus the Big Head Dad (Summer in the Republic 12)

I have a great dad, many people (I have discovered) do not. A great father...

June 14, 2018

A Man of Easier Virtue (Summer in the Republic 10)

Satan cannot produce blessings and so his ancient trick is to make blessings a snare....

June 11, 2018

Old Age as Freedom? (Summer in the Republic 7)

America is a young country in love with youthfulness. We do not honor the old...

June 09, 2018

Don’t Get a Big Head if You Can Help It (Summer in the Republic 5)

When I was a boy, there was an expression about someone who had too high...

June 08, 2018

That would be new! (A Summer in the Republic 4)

Summertime! When I was a little boy, I was blessed to get the long days...

June 04, 2018

Papaw and the Atheist

Doing Right is Winning Winning does not mean getting rich or famous because good, true,...

June 01, 2018

The Fredonia: A Good Idea

There is a little miracle in the city of Nacogdoches, Texas: the Fredonia Hotel. Built...

May 2018

May 30, 2018

Looking to Joan

Joan of Arc was born into Paradise today. Remember her and know hope. We got...

May 29, 2018

The Fallen City: Delivered with Safety for All Time

Tuesday, May 29th and the faithful are in Church, some of them. Others defend the...

May 26, 2018

Memorial Day: Growing Up in West Virginia

Memorial Day in West Virginia was about veterans or at least that is how I...

May 22, 2018

What is to be done with Alcibiades?

The great thing about smart friends is they remind you of things. A classics professor...