In part 1, I described America as having a moral sickness. This disease is highly evident in the $2 trillion “recovery” package Congress just passed on Friday. Forget the fact that only $300 billion of the unfathomable price tag is for the “economic rescue plan” which will throw Monopoly money at lower-income American households. United …
Month: March 2020
The year is 2023. North Carolina is the 11th state to officially separate ties with the federal government of the United States of America. President Elizabeth Warren’s response to this perceived insurrection is similar to her previous 10 reactions: meaningless threats of economic sanctions and withholding of federal money from empty federal coffers. Turns out …
“With ignorance virtually institutionalized, how can we get man to see? Bewildered by his curious alienation from reality, he is unable to prescribe for himself, for he imagines that what he needs is more of the disease.”— Richard Weaver The coronavirus is getting people to see that Americanism is incompatible with reality. The nation-state suffers …
“In our secular society, school has become the replacement for church, and like church, it requires that its teachings must be taken on faith.”― John Taylor Gatto As of today, North Carolina schools will be closed for at least the next two weeks due to coronavirus concerns, per order from Gov. Roy Cooper. You heard that …
Abbeville Institute founders Drs. Clyde Wilson and Don Livingston recently asked me to help out a gentleman who had contacted them regarding history curriculum suggestions for homeschoolers. We “eggheads … are limited to ‘higher education’ in our knowledge,” Wilson replied playfully, so he and Livingston passed on the request to me. Interestingly, veteran homeschoolers sometimes …
“Not until we once again recognize and articulate the transcendent value of sound thinking, wide reading, and lucid writing, will our students respond to their lessons enthusiastically.”— David Hicks, classical educator A few choice reading suggestions for pursuing real history (and economics): • Educator Michael Martin discusses the problems with textbooks and suggests some quality …