Monticello College 2012 Retreat A Huge Success
Sorry, I got lost in the “overtime vortex,” and suddenly realized that my last blog was June 20th. Wow, the last thing I remember was making my last road trip of the spring and shifting my mind to the Monticello College Retreat prep. So let me bring you up to speed, lots of pics this […]
Labor, Pietas, and Fatum
The great Roman Poet Virgil summarized the virtues of the Roman Republic in three words: Labor Pietas Fatum These three words played a vital role in shaping Colonial America and in essence led the American culture up until the Civil War. When Virgil wrote of the Romans in the Aeneid these three words were used […]
Why Colleges Don’t Teach the Federalist Papers
The May 7th, 2012 issue of the Wall Street Journal printed an article entitled: WHY COLLEGES DON’T TEACH THE FEDERALIST PAPERS by Peter Berkowitz At America’s top schools, graduates leave without reading our most basic writings on the purpose of constitutional self-government. Berkowitz begins his article: It would be difficult to overstate the significance of […]
Attention Span: Our National Education Crisis, Part Three
Read Part One Here Read Part Two Here Fallacy Number 1: Learning should be fun. Indeed, the lesson seems to be that everything should be fun. The worst criticism of our time is that something is boring, as if that made it less true or less important or less right. There is nothing wrong with fun, […]
A Brilliant & Simple Way to Create an Intentional Family
Monticello College’s Families for America retreat is coming up on July 9th – 13th. It’s going to be a transformational event for purpose-driven families, and we hope to see you there. Get details and register here. In anticipation of the event, I wanted to share a fabulous idea with you created by my friend Stephen […]
Attention Span: Our National Education Crisis, Part Four
Read Part One Here Read Part Two Here Read Part Three Here Fallacy Number 4: “Balance” means balancing work with entertainment. Today’s adults don’t usually find out what really hard work is until they graduate and have to support a family. The average person supporting a family in modern America puts in over fifty hours […]
Attention Span: Our National Education Crisis, Part Two
Read Part One Here II. Attention Span and Freedom Of course, attention span by itself is not enough to guarantee education or freedom, but a person lacking attention span must either develop it or he will not become educated, and a nation without attention span must either gain it or lose its freedoms. If I […]
Does Anybody Understand This Stuff?: Part 7, Radical Economics – A Thumbnail Sketch of 4,000 Years of Economics
Read Part One Here Read Part Two Here Read Part Three Here Read Part Four Here Read Part Five Here Read Part Six Here Read Part Eight Here Key Economic Points The beginning of the 20th century saw an explosion of violent and radical application of various economic principles. First let’s lay out a couple of economic […]
My Experience at the Utah State Legislature: Week One, Initiatives
My first week at the Legislature was enlightening and eventful. Mind you, I am not a novice to the process (at least on paper) and I have been teaching law making, Roberts Rules, participating and running nearly a 100 simulations, etc. for years, but I have never actually been in the trenches day after day, so […]
Does Anybody Understand This Stuff?: Part 4, Medieval Economics – A Thumbnail Sketch of 4,000 Years of Economics
Read Part One Here Read Part Two Here Read Part Three Here Read Part Five Here Medieval Economics (500-1200 A.D.) Medieval European economics are generally divided into 4 parts: Early Medieval Economics The Influence of Aquinas Late Medieval Economics The Influence of Bodin Early Medieval Economics There are five major expressions of Early Medieval economics: […]