The Right Idea At The Right Time
The right idea (no matter how small) at the right time (no matter how difficult)—is still the right idea at the right time. The “right idea” of Monticello College has something in common with many long-standing institutions of higher education such as Yale, Harvard, William and Mary, Hillsdale, Brigham Young University, Southern Utah University, and […]
The Ideal President
About the Author Bryan Hyde is a husband, father of 6, truth-seeker, teacher, writer, speaker, and stirrer of pots. He has been a local radio commentator and writer in Southern Utah for the past 16 years. Bryan can be heard on the Perspectives morning show on Fox News 1450 AM 93.1 FM. The opinions stated in […]
Response to an Email
Below is an actual email that I received last week. After I responded, I thought it would be worthwhile to share the email and the response. Begin forwarded message: From: Devirl Barfuss Date: September 29, 2012 8:12:30 AM MDT To: info@monticellocollege.org Subject: Re: Why Liberal Arts and Why Monticello College? Doctor Brooks, I have followed you since Cedar City and point […]
MC Trek Report #1
Trek One Report [TREK is a tremendous leadership laboratory. When faced with randomly chosen groups, varying conditions of weather, fatigue and risk, students overcome fears, learn to pay attention to detail, discover how to get along with others, and quickly adjust to changing conditions. In the opening orientation semester, first year students are taught the […]
It’s the DEBT, Stupid!
Our title is a play on the Clinton campaign slogan, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Then as today, politicians are banking on the fact that most of us are either not watching or not sophisticated enough to see the big picture.* The truth be told, it is hard to make sense out all of the numbers […]
American Lands Council
A state has the right to control the land within its borders. No brainer, right? Maybe. I wrote about this topic eight months ago while I was working at the Utah Legislature. It was important then and it is just as important today. This post is targeted to any state west of Colorado. Way back […]
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 […]
The Student Loan Crisis
No time to write this week, but I did want to share with you a revealing video from FEE, The Foundation for Economic Education. Click Here for Video At Monticello College we are working to bring the price of college tuition down and quality of college education up. Here are the tuition rates and the first year curriculum at […]