ReValue America Tour in Southern California Begins in December
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 […]
That Which is Seen and That Which is Not
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 Assad regime’s ability to deploy biological agents in the future. Whether or not it is the duty of the U.S. to […]
My Two College Experiences
Our post this week is by a Monticello College student. Brandon Mitchell sent me his experiences with higher education on 1/26/2013. Shortly after high school, like many kids my age I started attending the local state university to get training for my career. I took a few introduction classes in accounting and computer science to decide which […]
What Would Socrates Do?
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 describes his efforts […]
The Charles Schulz Philosophy
Although this philosophy has often been attributed to the creator of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, there is no evidence that he actually penned it. Regardless who the author is, it still makes my point. In our capacities as fathers and mothers, family protectors, and business decision makers, we all have to measure other people. […]
Return of the Manual Arts
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 were engaged […]
The Dawning Of A New Era
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 our capitols to provide courageous […]
The Liberal Arts During Bondage; Part Three: The Fourth Turning: The Opportunity Of The Century
Click Here to Read Part One Click Here to Read Part Two To wrap up this series, let’s rely on history to show us a way out of Bondage. As was mentioned in part two, we not only rely on the 250-year society oriented Tytler Cycle to show us the way, but the more personal […]
The Liberal Arts During Bondage: Part Two; How Do the Liberal Arts Help Us During Bondage?
Click Here to Read Part One Bringing You Up To Speed If you will recall from part one, for the past twenty years, we have taught that America was somewhere on the “pre-bondage” side of the cycle, between Selfishness and Dependence. As we enter 2013, we have clearly entered the Bondage phase. Just consider […]
If It Saves Just One Life
I was shocked, dismayed, and like you I personally grieved for the families who lost children at the Newtown, Connecticut shooting just two month ago. What a severe act of violence. Who can make sense of 27 senseless deaths? It will indeed be a black mark on American history. And as much as I try […]