It is customary for adults to forget how hard and dull school is. The learning by memory all the basic things one must know is …
Bickering Phrases
This is beautiful. But at the same time is symbolic of everything that is wrong with American politics today. While one voice is angry and …
Neighborliness
In a discussion group today, a classmate gave a presentation on his research subject: the Educational Philosophy of Fred Rogers. Yes. Fred Rodgers of Mister …
“The Good” in Neo-Pragmatist Thought: Freedom as a Moral Imperative
What does it mean to live “the good life”? This is the quintessential philosophic question. Pragmatism, as a distinctly American philosophy, seeks to provide a …
RT Week of June 22: Blaine Ammendments
(I got nudged this week by theroades. I appreciate that and now reciprocate; back at you man!) It’s summer, I’m not taking any classes and …
Religious Plurality and The Secularization Thesis
The New Humanist has a great interview with Economist journalists John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, authors of a new book: God Is Back: How the …
Happy Anniversery
Yesterday, Sunday, March 24 was my 12th anniversary. I spent a great day with my bride. We walked about Old Salem after eating at the …
The Implication of a Spiritual Diversity for Educators
What goal is not realistic for the Educator? Can he or she hope to pass on all he or she has learned concerning a certain …
The Teacher’s Moral and Spiritual Responsibility
How can the educator act responsibly toward the student? How can the Teacher and the Student both be true moral agents? It has been my …
On the Structure of the Family
Many Home-Based Education advocates argue that Educational activity of minor children is properly and uniquely located in the family. They thus imply that School, or …