From the yearly archives: 2009
A lot is being said about torture recently—but not enough.
It is terrifying that so many are unconcerned about arrests without Habeas Corpus, military prisons, and torture. These activities don’t bring anyone more security. In fact, they bring about a false sense of security while simultaneously making life more systematically dangerous for all.
Arrest without [...]
“Tyrants forbid citizens to do their duty as free men.
Free government permits them to do it.
Liberal education enables them to do it.”
Stringfellow Barr, Co-founder of St. John’s College Great Books program, 1941
In Andrew’s post on Jacob Klein, he briefly quotes Scott Buchanan’s essay [...]
One of the women in my education masters program came up with the following advertisement to recruit secondary teachers after reading Phil Gang’s Rethinking Education. She did it with a little tongue and cheek, but frankly, it’s spot on!
“Secondary level teacher of ……………required, must have high self esteem, be intelligent, have a full extra [...]
Today would have been the 110th birthday of F.A. Hayek. He was one of the greatest minds of the past century. This is what Steve Horwitz has to say over at The Austrian Economists
When future historians look back, they will recognize that the 20th Century was the “Century of Hayek” in terms [...]
We recently came across the following anecdote about Jacob Klein, an eminent liberal artist and once dean of St. John’s College, at this blog:
During WWII the Navy considered seizing the campus of St. John’s via eminent domain in order to expand the Naval Academy. The fledgling New Program based on the great [...]
The ultimate goal of education is to kindle a love of knowing and to nurture the ability to inquire. The vision of a Liberal Arts Education, as I understand it, is to support the student’s development of independent judgment, clarity of thought and the habit of inquiry.
“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must make the building of a free society once more an intellectual adventure, a deed of courage… Unless we can make [...]
When you’re in love with someone, you can’t see their faults: “Love is blind and lovers cannot see.” Since one of my students introduced me to Daniel Hannan through this video, I can’t get enough of him. He is a blogger journalist and a British Member of the European Parliament. I don’t associate myself [...]
Rachel’s last post about music and the market reminded me of this most fabulous article by Leonard E. Read called “The Miraculous Market.”
Leonard Read was one of the greatest advocates for peace and human freedom. His advocacy for these principles was founded on a deep gratitude for human beings and the creativity they [...]
“Free the child’s potential, and you will transform him into the world” ~Maria Montessori
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” ~Victor Hugo
I have recently been powerfully affected by two musical experiences.
The first is a joy. Her name [...]
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