On Good Writing
“[A] piece of literature may be more appropriately compared with a living organism than with a mechanism. As Plato says in one of his dialogues, …
Recommended Books
On Thinking
“Naturally, we begin by thinking, by asking ourselves questions and endeavoring to answer them.” (p. 101, Writing and Thinking by Norman Foerster and J.M. Steadman, …
Supplanting Saxon
Keedy and Bittinger’s algebra texts do a better job of presenting algebra than Saxon. K&B give better explanations and integrations of mathematical concepts and methods …
On Saxon Math
I’d recommend against Saxon. It’s a big mistake; I don’t know how anyone would want to use it. It does have some (attempted) virtues: it …
The Economics of Prices
The video “How the Price System Works,” in the series of videos in which professors of economics discuss chapters from Henry Hazlitt‘s Economics in One …
“Economics in One Lesson” by Henry Hazlitt
In any study of economics, Economics in One Lesson is a must-read and an important part. You can buy copies on Abebooks.com. The book is …
A Current Read
This book is good: It’s a slim book: 124 pages long. But it is interesting and insightful. You cannot, by any rational standard, but respect …
Another Wright Brothers Anecdote
Again, from The Wright Brothers: Pioneers of American Aviation by Quentin Reynolds, published by Random House, New York, (c) 1950, renewed in 1978. In the …
The Little Golden Books
A post on the Core Knowledge blog, “Where Have You Gone, Poky Little Puppy?,” reminded me of this series of childrens’ books — i.e., of …
The Great Industrialists: Heroes or Villains?
How many of us have been taught in history about the “Robber Barons?” Everyone here been taught about them, right? They must be evil and …