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December 2016

December 06, 2016

We win! (Or Don’t be Troy)

Just when you think you have won, that is when many people lose. This lesson...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

Exegesis of “A Visit from St. Nicholas” or Why Santa is a Spelling Error for Satan

If you have never sent a text to the Boss and had autocorrect change a...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

We Should Walk and Teach

Why do we sit in rooms when Aristotle walked and talked? Socrates would walk out...

October 23, 2016

Hume Reminds Me: Take Me as I Am

When it comes to hard thinkers, it is all too easy to read them as...

October 22, 2016

The Matter of Britain: Cheer Up, We are Doomed

The Matter of Britain, the story of King Arthur, has defied great story telling. There...

October 07, 2016

A Story Will Save Us

A story is powerful enough to make something false appear attractive. Just now I am...

October 06, 2016

Fandoms are the Only Good Video Viewers . . . or Not

Meet a fan of a show like Buffy, Firefly, or Star Trek and a great many people are...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

Living a Good Life in a Real City Requires Thinking

Recently a nice fellow on social media suggested my advice on some practical question proved...

September 28, 2016

A Glutton for Argument: Feast But Do Not Gorge on Words

Argument can help save your soul (by God's grace) or be a way to damn...

September 16, 2016

Do Not Expectorate: Confusing Social Norms and Moral Law

My Mother likes to tell us about the noble effort of the town of Clendenin,...

September 08, 2016

Books for Baby with Substance? Help is on the Way!

I love the story of David and Goliath. I promise I do, but there is...

September 07, 2016

A Green and Pleasant Land (An Idea from Homer’s Odyssey)

Our school is building a fence, though we are paying for it. The fence is...

September 05, 2016

Speak Real!

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

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....

August 2016

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...

July 2016

July 04, 2016

God, Patriotism, and Books in School

Be of good cheer! If you are discouraged about the Presidential choices we have today,...

July 03, 2016

Names Will Never Hurt Us (Cratylus)

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. How did...

July 01, 2016

With Eyes Wide Open: Death Comes to All (Phaedo)

A good man dies well, a great one makes his death matter. A leader looks...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

Stay Strong (Crito)

A human reading this is going to die or is dead and is wasting the...

June 28, 2016

No Reason, No Justice (Apology)

Justice is hard to find in these perilous times. if you are a Christian in...

June 10, 2016

Taming Me (Taming of the Shrew)

Shakespeare was not infallible and The Taming of the Shrew is full of his limitations....

June 09, 2016

The Jolly Jokes of Virtue (Merry Wives)

The wages of virtue is jollification. This isn't obvious, because we sometimes confuse not sinning...

June 03, 2016

Hoping Our Leader Drops Down from the Clouds (Henry IV Part 1)

The most pathetic of political partisans is the man who hopes his hapless candidate will...

June 02, 2016

Loving Rich Men, Needing Patrons (Timon of Athens)

Great Solomon, son of David, was a patron to artists because he was wise and...

June 01, 2016

Slander Gives Way to Truth (Cymbeline)

Want to spot an evil place? Find an organization where the "king" is always in...

June 01, 2016

I am in Love and that is Simply Grand (Two Gentlemen)

Being in love is on defense. If you are in love, you are aware that...

May 2016

May 29, 2016

Winning Is Temporary (King John)

Nothing is dumber than giving up morals for one victory, because victory is never forever....

May 27, 2016

Not Wanting What is Good For Me (All’s Well That Ends Well)

There have been times in my life when what was best for me, obvious to...

May 26, 2016

No Place for Kingmakers (Henry VI, Part 3)

A sure way to spot a dysfunctional church, business, or organization is to look for...

May 24, 2016

Don’t Pick Between the Useless Red Rose and the White Rose (Henry VI, Part 2)

We need more than piety in leadership. We need strength, competence, and piety. The combination of...