Click Here For Part Two I’ve been angry for a while now. When I turned 50, I took pause and reflected on my life, presuming that I was at the halfway point (yes, I intend to live to see 100). I thought about my childhood in the 60’s and early 70’s. I reminisced my...
This post is one that will separate our readers into two groups. You will either read it and say, “wow, that makes so much sense, I see why Monticello College has a farm and teaches the manual arts,” or you will read a part of it, become bored, and drift...
In his 2008 book, The Cube and the Cathedral, George Weigel writes a compelling story suggesting that if you want a good view of the United States 15 or 20 years from now, take a look at Europe. More to the point are disturbing news reports that demonstrate spooky similarities to Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged,...
Whether you support it or not, the recent dispute over the Second Amendment has the makings of a serious controversy in coming days. With the current refusal of as many as 300,000 Connecticut gun owners who legally possess rifles that have just now become illegal in that state, we are witnessing a profound example of civil disobedience. The amendment in question states: A well regulated Militia, being necessary...
ReValue America Tour Schedule Update Here is the latest schedule update: November 30 Date Open December 3 7:00-9:00pm Conejo Valley Adult Education School 33 Greta Street Thousand Oaks, 91360 Contact: Joelle Mancuso 805-796-9333 joelletjed@gmail.com December 4 1:00-3:00pm Escondido Learning Center 1441 Montiel Road, Ste 145 Escondido, 92026 Contact: Tony Drown 760-716-7505 tdrown@mydehesa.org December 4 6:30-8:30pm Escondido Learning Center 1441 Montiel Road, Ste 145 Escondido, 92026 Contact: Tony Drown 760-716-7505 tdrown@mydehesa.org December 5 9:15-11:15am Chula Vista Learning Center 1200 East H Street, Chula...
Syria crisis: Obama 'has the right' to strike regardless of vote, says Kerry - The Guardian 9/2/13 The President of the United States believes that our role in the global community is to punish the Syrian government for military strikes on Syrian civilians resulting in hundreds of deaths and diminishing the...
This post is a tribute to Earl Shorris, one of my favorite writers on education who passed away in 2012. I am reprinting the April 16, 2013 Wall Street Journal Book Review of his latest book, The Art of Freedom. This piece was written by Naomi Schaefer Riley. In The Art of Freedom, Earl Shorris...
Are technology and education merging or fighting each other? This post explores how business development and disruptive innovation impacts education. 15 years ago Clayton Christensen published a best selling book entitled The Innovator’s Dilemma. Christensen is considered a leader in the field of business development especially in times of vast technological...
We have spent considerable space in these posts discussing education, particularly the liberal arts. This post is dedicated to the lesser known side of our curriculum—the manual arts. Manual arts are not something that the average American thinks about in the 21st century. But a hundred years ago, the vast majority of Americans...
We have been saying for years that the day would come when the concepts and results of a liberal education would again be valued in politics, business, and society in general, that citizenship would enjoy a renewed position of importance in our nation, and that statesmen would rise up in...
