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Which form of government is “our form of government?” According to political commentators and network news, we have a democracy. Do we?
According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary (www.meriam-webster.com):
Democracy: is a: government by the people; especially : rule of the majority b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
It is important to note that the economic crisis we are in right now is not the result of technical or material conditions. It is an economic problem, a problem regarding the coordination of individuals’ plans and the available resources.
Sustainability requires a balance of conservation with use. Governments everywhere subsidize consumption and tax saving [...]
This is a great article by Michael Strong. In it, Michael talks about how Socratic practice helps develop student’s rational abilities and helps make rational, tolerant discourse a cultural norm.
Michael actually has a column on this website.
“If the idea of the universe is presented to the child in the right way, it will do more for him than just arouse his interest, for it will create in him admiration and wonder, a feeling loftier than any interest and more satisfying.” ~Maria Montessori
“We are perishing for want of wonder, not for [...]
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