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August 2018

August 13, 2018

Savoring the Good for Its Own Sake (Summer in the Republic 66)

Sometimes there is a good time that is not fancy, but comes simply, quietly, and...

August 12, 2018

Justice is Better than Injustice: Starting Ready to Learn (Summer in the Republic 65)

He was a teacher who would not give up on almost any student. I saw...

August 11, 2018

Wisdom, She Cries Out: No Slack Given in the Argument (Summer in the Republic 64)

If you love wisdom, then you pray for mercy from God, because wisdom is unrelenting....

August 10, 2018

I would really like to persuade you. (Summer in the Republic 63)

“I would really like to persuade you.”** Socrates is confronted with his failure to persuade his...

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 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 05, 2018

The End Can Turn Out to Be the Beginning (Summer in the Republic 58)

The community was so bad, educating people so difficult, and tyranny so much in fashion,...

August 03, 2018

Doubt, of a sort, is Wonderful, Get Some (Summer in the Republic 56)

In some parts of American Christianity there is a weird belief that all forms of...

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...

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 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 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 29, 2018

Edutainment Microwaves Our Minds (Summer in the Republic 52)

If there is great food made in a microwave, I have never eaten it. Microwave...

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 27, 2018

Finding Justice Where We Can (Summer in the Republic 50!!!)

There are a few rulers so corrupt, think Stalin or Hitler, that justice for them...

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 25, 2018

At Odds with Myself (Summer in the Republic 48)

We should not commit any injustice, but we are imperfect in a world marred by...

July 24, 2018

Living Among the Shadows as an Image of God (Summer in the Republic 47)

God is the very ground of being and I am . . . Not, obviously...

July 23, 2018

The Blush that Heals (Summer in the Republic 46)

If I can still blush in a discussion, I might still be capable of learning,...

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 21, 2018

Human Happiness, Community, and Discussion- A Brief Excursion to Meno (Summer in the Republic 45)

“Is it better to be a happy cat or a discontented Socrates?” This question seemed...

July 20, 2018

You Don’t Even Have To Mean It, We Will Examine Your Argument Anyway (Summer in the Republic 44)

They say that once there was a king who wished to marry a woman who...

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 18, 2018

Let the Arguments Happen! (Summer in the Republic 42)

Debate as a Life Strategy: No Formal debates may be good, I have done a...

July 17, 2018

Look for the Ruler Who Might Quit (Summer in the Republic 41)

George Washington went home. That’s the greatest thing he did and is remarkable in human...

July 16, 2018

Work for the Good Done, but Take the Money! (With a Longfellow Bonus!) (Summer in the Republic 40)

God bless the business leader who ends up wealthy, while benefiting our economy. God bless...

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 14, 2018

Drowning in Oratory (Summer in the Republic 38)

Being a loud person means being, much of the time, an absurd (or hopefully a...

July 13, 2018

The Unjust: Fleece the Sheep? (Summer in the Republic 37)

My pastors have worked hard for little pay. You could (and can!) call them at...