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May 2018

May 27, 2018

Wrong, Not Just Because We Think So

Graduation time brings out the inspirational quote. One quotation keeps showing up, disasterous advice and...

May 21, 2018

Looking for a Christian Emperor

Constantine the Great, like Plato, manages to make enemies on the atheist and religious fringe....

May 20, 2018

Better Models, not More Money: Higher Education Solutions

Christian higher education is broken in ways that money will not fix. In fact, an...

May 13, 2018

Great Administrators and the Qualities They Have

Administration must be cut, radically cut (including salaries), at most schools. That’s the truth and...

May 08, 2018

The Lost Joy of Learning

Dorothy Sayers rightly mourned The Lost Tools of Learning and I share her sorrow. Fortunately...

May 06, 2018

A Lost, Lost Book

Every month or so, for twenty five years worth of months, I would reach for...

May 05, 2018

How NOT to be An Educrat

The news is alive with the Educrat: the autocrat of education. Secular schools have a...

May 04, 2018

Stability in a Leadership Team

Let us praise continuity and the leaders that provide it! In the marvelous television show...

May 03, 2018

Thriving at College (A Good Book full of Good Ideas)

Bottom Line: Professor Chediak has written an instruction manual for college as we know it....

March 2018

March 26, 2018

Trickster Education: An Initial Reaction to an Important Book

I learned a good bit from Trickster Chases the Tale of Education by Sylvia Moore. This...

March 19, 2018

Why Everyone Should Support (Some) Humanities Majors (Despite the Problems)

Let’s begin any defense of Humanities departments by admitting that many Humanities programs at many...

March 16, 2018

Rhetoric’s Role: Gregory, Augustine, Boethius

Spin, the art of making a bad case seem better, is bad for our republic....

March 08, 2018

Living, Not Selling: Law, Education, and Christianity

We can put a monetary value on anything, but we should not sell everything. Some people...

March 02, 2018

Clarity Counts

If you want an American to dislike Plato, then give them Parmenides as the first book...

March 01, 2018

A Great Stream of Truth: Reading Great Texts

Great books, ones that have inspired all kinds of people over a long period of...

February 2018

February 23, 2018

The Danger of Focusing on Technology (Guest Post)

This is a post from a former student responding to something I wrote about the...

February 15, 2018

Gregory of Nazianzus and the Serious Business of Education

Thinking well is hard work, and easy answers from quick Google searches can cause us...

February 04, 2018

Dem Days Was Hell: Recorded Testimonies of Former Slaves in the United States

Race based slavery built the United States. Northern states made money on the slave trade....

January 2018

January 29, 2018

The Beloved Unknown and Education

Learning, real education, is a product of the love of wisdom, a desire that cannot...

January 14, 2018

Three Signs You’ve Found a Good College

School is expensive, choose wisely.

December 2017

December 18, 2017

Wise People Still Can Lose Their Heads: the Prudence of Christmas and Hope of Christmas

Our floors at Saint Anne's are hard on ornaments and recently a wise man was...

December 16, 2017

The Star! To See the Stars . . . (Questions from Crown 10!)

My academic life has specialized in general education: helping find the tools to learn anything. There...

December 14, 2017

We Know, We Learn (Crown College Question 9)

When I was a child, I would roll the dice and then count the dots....

December 11, 2017

Variety is the Spice of Life: Christmas Music

If variety is the spice of love and music is the food of love, most...

December 10, 2017

Music Lessons are not an Extra

Music matters. Teach your kids any instrument and have them stick with it to the point...

December 04, 2017

The Progressive Element Everywhere

Some devils would rather rule in Hell than serve in Heaven, but imagine preferring to...

December 02, 2017

5 Infallible Lessons About Colleges From CS Lewis

The Problem The state university is underfunded when it comes to academics, but bloated with...

November 2017

November 29, 2017

Learning to Play: God help us.

If you have not seen a five year child unable to play, you are blessed....

September 2017

September 28, 2017

To Be Happy, Try This: Sip, Watch, Relax

Modern airlines would rather sell us happiness than provide basic comfort. Instead of serving us...

September 20, 2017

Unlocking Civ City: Amazing Bible Revelation and the Work to Be Done

God created a good world and put humankind it that world to explore, play, and...