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October 2012

October 02, 2012

Class Notes

Foundations of Educational Thought — sixth meeting I was exhausted at the end of class....

October 01, 2012

A Poem for Remus

My dear friend, Brad, has a beautiful greyhound dog named Remus. Remus was just diagnosed...

September 2012

September 27, 2012

Class Notes

Historical Foundations of Education — sixth meeting The readings for last week were Emerson’s Self-Reliance...

September 26, 2012

A Curriculum of Life @ First Things

An abridged version of my essay, “A Curriculum of Life,” has been published by First...

September 25, 2012

Libertad! Igualdad! Fraternidad!

You sullen pig of a man you force me into the mud with your stinking...

September 25, 2012

Class Notes

Foundations of Educational Thought — fifth meeting Where to begin? This is the question that...

September 24, 2012

Census Update

Thanks to all who’ve written in already. It’s very nice to know who you are,...

September 23, 2012

A Census

In the weeks to come there will some exciting changes affecting how I use this...

September 20, 2012

Class Notes

Historical Foundations of Education — fifth meeting Another long class. Three hours, no break. I...

September 19, 2012

The Tyranny of Practice

My latest essay — The Tyranny of Practice — is available at Contending Modernities. In...

September 18, 2012

Class Notes

Foundations of Educational Thought — fourth meeting Class began with the prompt for the next...

September 13, 2012

Class Notes

Historical Foundations of Education — fourth meeting I lectured for three hours straight. Sure, there...

September 12, 2012

Music at Gather4Good

This upcoming Sunday, I’ll be returning to Minnesota to play at the Gather4Good community service event...

September 08, 2012

A Beautiful Email From a Former Student and Present Friend

Rocha, If you are about to eat dinner, then put off reading this email. It...

September 06, 2012

Class Notes

Historical Foundations of Education — third meeting Yesterday’s class seemed doomed from the outset. Because...

September 04, 2012

A column at First Things

The essay — “Real ‘School Choice’” — that grew from the two notes I posted...

September 02, 2012

Literary News

I just became aware that one of my favorite short stories — Herman Melville’s “Bartleby...

September 01, 2012

Essay and Radio Update

Two quick, exciting updates: 1. I’ve deleted the previous two notes on schooling and education;...

August 2012

August 30, 2012

Class Notes

Historical Foundations of Education — second meeting The readings for yesterday’s class were the first...

August 28, 2012

Class Notes

“Foundations of Educational Thought” — second meeting The most important thing that happened in class...

August 27, 2012

Happy Feast of St. Monica!

August 26, 2012

A Perverse Chapter on Zizek and Education

I’ve recently been invited to write a chapter in a book on Slavoj Zizek and...

August 23, 2012

Class Notes

I like the idea of keeping this log about my teaching. It will also give...

August 23, 2012

Latest Article: Who Gets to Be a Philosopher?

The Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society puts together a fine peer-reviewed journal each year,...

August 21, 2012

Class Notes

I taught my first class at the University of North Dakota yesterday: “Foundations of Educational...

August 16, 2012

Bus Tour Results

I’m returning from my three-day bus tour today. As critical as I tend to be,...

August 14, 2012

Reservation Talk

Greetings from North Dakota! I’m on my second day of a triduum bus tour of...

August 07, 2012

Update: Primer, Syllabi, and Deleted Cigarettes

It’s been a busy few days of writing and course prepping. I finished the first...

August 01, 2012

Mysterium: building Catholic culture through the arts

During the Fall of 2004, I played a small coffeshop gig at Franciscan University: my...

July 2012

July 30, 2012

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