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August 2018

August 08, 2018

Doing Well: He Was Never Contented With Too Little (Summer in the Republic 61)

I stood in front of his stone in the English church and read words carved...

August 07, 2018

Persuasion, Not Winning: Leadership Must Persuade (Summer in the Republic 60!)

We need more persuasion and less winning. Persuasion is a rule based method of helping...

August 01, 2018

Finding a Menu for Our Intellectual Feast (Summer in the Republic 54)

All loves can go awry when they become disconnected to goodness, truth, and beauty. We...

July 2018

July 30, 2018

Avoiding Edutainment in a Classroom Built for Haste (Summer in the Republic 52.5)

We are gluttons for edutainment, the thought- free substitute for education that gives us little...

July 26, 2018

What Happens When Injustice Appears in a Nation (Summer in the Republic 49)

Plato could foretell the future, but he was no prophet. How? A wise person knows...

July 19, 2018

Just Defend Injustice Already (Summer in the Republic 43)

Just Go Ahead and Embrace Injustice: An Example Imagine sitting in a meeting and...

July 15, 2018

You Cannot Be Spoon Fed Reason (Summer in the Republic 39)

Some skills are easy and if nature is allowed to take her course, most people...

July 07, 2018

Our Rulers, Like Our Doctors, Never Make Mistakes (Summer in the Republic 31!)

My dear mom liked to collect very old books that were splendidly, terribly bad. She...

July 04, 2018

The Quiet Voice for Liberty and Reason (Summer in the Republic 29!)

We are in hard times and the famous, our elite, have failed us utterly. That...

June 2018

June 30, 2018

“Justice is for the Strong Only” (Summer in the Republic 25!)

“Winning is it’s own justification,” say many about to commit a monstrous act. For a...

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 19, 2018

A Good Discussion Needs Three Things (Summer in the Republic 15)

Socrates made many people mad and ended up dying for his love of wisdom. His...

June 13, 2018

You Can Learn From Anyone Even the Big Head (Summer in the Republic 9)

Work at a non-profit and you will eventually meet The Big Head: the person who...

June 06, 2018

Rene and Georgette Magritte and I miss Warren Throckmorton

I love the song Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog after the War. Two...

May 2018

May 09, 2018

College Graduation: Is the debt worth the party?

Nobody should complain at a party: rejoice with those who rejoice. I love graduations and...

March 2018

March 09, 2018

Build Beautiful Schools

Here’s a simple idea: schools would be better if they were more beautiful. What problems...

March 04, 2018

The Argument (Like Learning) Continues

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a human in possession of a good education...

February 2018

February 22, 2018

Hope and Billy Graham

She never met Billy Graham, though everyone of our generation knew his name. She is...

February 16, 2018

Knowing without Fully Knowing

Gregory of Nazianzus wrote, Conviction you see of a thing’s existence is quite different from...

February 14, 2018

Friendship of February 14

Friendship is romantic. In many cultures, the bond between friends was more celebrated than any...

January 2018

January 14, 2018

Three Signs You’ve Found a Good College

School is expensive, choose wisely.

September 2017

September 22, 2017

God, Angels, Bunnies, and Me

Bunnies (and the other animals!) exist and the good news is that they do not...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Get a Dumb Phone for Smart Kids

Can you live with a dumb phone instead of a smartphone? Before giving my opinion,...

May 2017

May 01, 2017

Plato, Math, and Doing Science

Growing up there was a certain sort of Christian scientist who would blame Plato or...

April 2017

April 25, 2017

The Complete Guide to Becoming a Great “Great Books” Teacher

Having led hundreds of great books discussions, I am often asked how to lead a...

March 2017

March 02, 2017

Faith, Understanding

I have an idea: let's see and understand. Oddly, people keep pretending they can begin...

December 2016

December 19, 2016

Lucy Saw Clearly: Give and It Will Be Give to You

Lucy was a young girl who gave all she had to Jesus and so she...

November 2016

November 02, 2016

Avoid Fraud School, Find the School of Wisdom: Theages and Education

About now colleges start begging for attention as the business of higher education cranks up....

September 2016

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 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....