Modern Education: A Trojan Horse
We’ve accepted a Trojan Horse into our midst: mainstream modern education. It has a nice appearance, but within carries an element of destruction. We want …
Philosophy
Want Excellence in Education? Return to Reason
It is well documented that there is a problem with mainstream modern American education (including some of its streams and tributaries): many high school grads …
The Essence of America
“America’s founding ideal was the principle of individual rights. Nothing more—and nothing less. The rest—everything that America achieved, everything she became, everything ‘noble and just,’ …
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence: A Transcription IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course …
Western Thought: Both Synthetic and Analytic By Nature
The Wikipedia entry on Eric A. Havelock made the interesting statement: For Havelock, Plato’s rejection of poetry was merely the realization of a cultural shift …
The Meaning of July 4th
A message from Michael Berliner: Put the “Independence” Back in Independence Day.
Educational “Progressivism” is Anti-Individual
Group-think, “consensus,” determines truth, Dewey said — and in consequence the trend in education is to focus on and push “group work.” Having students — …
“The Classroom Without Reason” by Douglas Campbell
Mr. Campbell identifies some important reasons why schooling is in the bad shape it is today: too many teachers and professors regard teaching as “moral …
The “General Welfare” Clause
In “Good Ideas,” Walter Wiliams says: Let’s look at what the men who wrote the Constitution had to say about its general welfare clause. In …
The American Government: What Is It?
Someone with the username “notdemocracy” has a (10 minute) video on YouTube about the nature of American government. The video is an introductory, general presentation; …