Is Education In the Far East What It’s Cracked Up To Be?
I’ve spent most of my adult life examining the deficits of US education and tenure is one of the strong nails securing its coffin, as
Sanitizing a Classic
Sunny Arbarbanelli alerted me to the latest perversion of current culture: a version of Mark Twain’s famous anti-racism classic, Huckleberry Finn, in which offensive words
The Classroom Is No Joke Anymore
At this link you can read about how a beloved teacher of 34 years at the Quaker School in Manhattan was sacked over a truly
Intellectual Humility and an Open Mind
Open Minds? When I celebrate Thanksgiving, I always think of the intrepid travelers (pictured above) who came to the northeast of the New World in
Tuition Skyrockets As You Make More Money
Alex Tabarrok at the Marginal Revolution blog analyses the huge price disparities in tuition for people of different income brackets here. This reduces income inequality and
What is “Enlightenment” Thought?
With recent books and articles being published on the Enlightenment, Iona Italia does a great job of providing us with a short primer on Enlightenment thought. “We
Middlebury Students Use the Brownshirts’ Playbook
Make no mistake about it: the New Left has unleashed their minions on free speech via Nazi Brownshirt tactics and Middlebury College is a recent arena for
Great Connections at ISFLC 2016
We’re excited to announce that we’ll be exhibiting information about The Great Connections at the 2016 International Students for Liberty Conference (ISFLC) in Washington, D.C.
Understanding Power and the Power of Reason
Event: Great Connections Weekend Seminar for Working and Retired AdultsOur Theme: Reason and PowerWhen: Thursday evening, October 1 to Sunday midday, October 4, 2015 Includes
Socratic Practice: A Powerful Method for Learning
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth part of the four-part series on an ideal university education; the first part is here, the second part is here, and the
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