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December 2019

December 14, 2019

To Fight is Noble

Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport that the world affords. Most excellent...

December 13, 2019

To Dream is Hopeful, to Do Divine

God never dreams, He is all do. Humans, created in God’s image, begin in hope, grow...

December 12, 2019

What’s happening at Edgestow? (A Parody of a Bit of That Hideous Strength)

That Hideous Strength In his prophetic novel on culture, particularly on the state of education,...

December 10, 2019

How to Sell Bragdon Wood: Lessons in Leadership from “That Hideous Strength”

To: President Al Cibiades RE: Need to sell “Bragdon Wood” From: Acting President Currey (New...

December 08, 2019

The Day After Devastation: After Pearl Harbor Kind of Day

Sometimes bad news seems to sneak up on you. On December 7th, 1941, a day...

November 2019

November 23, 2019

A Eulogy for Phillip E. Johnson

This is taken from part of what I said at the memorial service for Phillip...

November 13, 2019

What Does Your Taste Say About You? (Guest Voice: Christina George)

I asked for new voices and have received some wonderful writing. Here is another piece...

October 2019

October 16, 2019

Under the Plane Tree: Wisdom Needs Time

Discussion. The dialectic. The Socratic Method. The Way of Jesus. Call it what you wish,...

October 10, 2019

Education: Not Giving Sight to the Blind, Turning the Icon Toward the Original

Professors are not giving sight to the blind, but turning a soul made in the...

October 06, 2019

The Mind was Willing, the Passions Were Weak, but God Willing, We Can Overcome

A Near Thing I miss beauty, truth, and goodness, because my mind and spirit are...

October 05, 2019

Beware the Magi and Tyrant-Makers (Reflections on Republic IX)

They are so dangerous Plato invented a word for them: Tyrant-Makers.* What do tyrant makers...

September 2019

September 29, 2019

Deep Learning . . . 3 Things to Know and Do

Deep learning is when you hear, believe, and change. There are three things I learned from...

July 2019

July 19, 2019

The Love of Learning (Guest Voice Jake Carr)

I asked for new voices and Jake Carr stepped up . . . Mr. Carr...

June 2019

June 30, 2019

Ancient Witches VIII (Guest Voice: James Harrington)

I asked for new voices and got some outstanding writers! Today we hear from the...

June 29, 2019

Don’t Wiggle and Win: Find the Truth

And yet you and I could have wriggled just like him, if we’d wanted to...

June 28, 2019

Educational Reform? (Laches)

Jesus made Peter breakfast and an apostle was reborn. Plato found Socrates and philosophy keeps...

June 11, 2019

The Artful Knavery of the Intellectual Class Today

Too often education, even classical education, is training in pompous “assery:” training in the jargon...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

The Shield of Quintus I (Guest Voice James Harrington)

I asked for new voices and got some outstanding writers! Today we hear from the...

April 05, 2019

The Shield of Aeneas (Guest Voice James Harrington)

I asked for new voices and got some outstanding writers! Today we hear from the...

March 2019

March 28, 2019

Shield of Herakles (Guest Voice James Harrington)

I asked for new voices and got some outstanding writers! Today we hear from the...

March 15, 2019

Getting to the Bottom of It (On Real Education)

Long ago cartoons, programming for younglings, most happened on Saturday morning. I recall looking forward...

February 2019

February 19, 2019

Learning from Marcus Garvey

Never forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carries the burden. Therefore, remove yourself...

February 17, 2019

The Limits of Education OR Ph.D. OR Langston Hughes and CS Lewis Agree?

Ph.D. He never was a silly little boy Who whispered in the class or...

February 16, 2019

Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)

To have a life to live, joy to share, only to be stifled by injustice,...

February 12, 2019

Reading, So Vital, God’s Own Gift (Frances Ellen Watkins Harper)

I am convinced if more people read well many of our disagreements would vanish. We...

February 05, 2019

Plain Theology for Plain People: The Way of Salvation (Charles Octavius Boothe 3/9)

We know too little about the makers of the American mind, particularly in religion. Our...

February 04, 2019

Plain Theology for Plain People: On Man (Charles Octavius Boothe 2/9)

What is a human being? Our answers will do much to shame society, though our...

January 2019

January 22, 2019

A Brief Defense of the Academy and Experts

I write informally about history all the time. I am not, however, a trained historian....

January 14, 2019

You Can Go Home Again

"You can’t go home again.” This is wrong. Great literature, whether picturing the hero Odysseus...

January 07, 2019

A New Journal for Constantinean Techies

A teacher often has students who surpass him. Hurrah! One who writes here on occasion...