Land, Limits, and the Scandal of Reparations
Land, Limits and the Scandal of Reparations Dr. Allan C. Carlson We’ll call him Mr. Anderson. Featured not so long ago in The Wall Street Journal as his Kansas county’s leading farmer, the newspaper pointed to him as a model for the nation’s agricultural future. Owning thirty thousand six hundred acres, a full ten percent […]
Brewing Beer, Building Culture
Brewing Beer,Building Culture Dr. R. Jared Staudt With modern culture slipping into ever deeper decline, anyone would be justified by a feeling of discouragement at the prospects of renewal. Although it is difficult, though not impossible, to change large scale institutions and practices, culture can be formed in compelling ways in the home and in […]
Why Jo Has To Marry Professor Bhaer – A Review of Little Women, Then and Now
Why Jo Has To Marry Professor Bhaer A Review of Little Women , Then and Now Mrs. Rebekah Wojtysiak There are many things that could be said (and some of them have been said) about the various film adaptations of Little Women. It seems each generation must have a new film to praise — or […]
Why? Springing Forward, Falling Back, and Changing Times
Why? Springing Forward, Falling Back, and Changing Times Mr. Matthew Giambrone As I write this, North America is gearing up to spring forward — that is, to adjust by an hour any remaining clocks that have springs and gears. It is the ceremony by which Daylight Savings Time commences. Thereby saving daylight. Apparently. Or time. Or […]
The Reality of Education & the Limits of Going “Virtual”
The Reality of Education and the Limits of Going “Virtual” Dr. Ryan Hanning At some point in the development of modern education parents and teachers began to accept the puzzling lie that content and its efficient delivery are the sole means of authentic education. Curriculum and instruction became less focused on the communal and reciprocal […]
The Hero of John Adams Is Not John Adams
The Hero of John Adams Is Not John Adams Mrs. Sarah Garone As a woman striving for virtue and traditional values, it would be hard for me to name a contemporary inspiration quite like Abigail Adams. She is my surprising new heroine, my secular patron saint. I often feel bombarded by the message that we […]
God Left the Garden Incomplete
God Left the Garden Incomplete A brief History of Judeo-Christian Relationship with the Land Dr. Ryan Hanning As a professor and researcher, I study the history of ideas, their development, significance, and permanence, or their brevity as the case may be. As a devout Christian, I seek to live my faith in relationship to the […]
Homeschool & the Unquestioned Answer of Socialization
Recent times have, understandably, seen an enormous increase in the number of parents choosing to homeschool their children. The one question both new and veteran homeschool parents are most likely to receive is, “How will your kids be socialized?” It is interesting that the much more legitimate questions of what they will study, what […]
Lizzie Magie & the Robot Barons — Monopolizing the Twenty-First Century
Lizzie Magie & the Robot Barons Monopolizing the Twenty-First Century Mr. Samuel Butterofen The memory of Miss Elizabeth Magie (1866-1948), writer, actress, engineer, abolitionist, first-wave feminist, American board game designer, and committed Georgist, has sadly fallen into oblivion behind the brand name of Parker Brothers. It was she, not the Parkers, who in 1903 invented […]
Subsidiarity, Participation, and the Common Good
Subsidiarity, Participation, and the Common Good Mr. Joe Cady Maria Montessori, the Italian physician and educator responsible for developing the method of instruction that bears her name, once said, “Any unnecessary assistance is a hindrance to development.” While she was speaking primarily within an educational framework, I think the statement rings true within a much […]