Tag: education

The Radical Transformation of Education

“Education: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.”   Ambrose Bierce, For over a decade, Dr. James Pesta, associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, polled students about their attitudes…

Empty Minds Rage

“Leftists don’t merely disagree with you. They don’t merely feel you are misguided. They don’t think you are merely wrong. They hate you. They want you enslaved and obedient, if not dead. Once you get that, everything that is happening…

U.S. Universities Are a Joke!

Universities were, at one time, a place where students struggled with English, calculus, chemistry, accounting, etc., with occasional breaks for a football or basketball game. Not anymore. There are numerous non-academic distractions, discussions, and debates that (after four years) produce…

The Problem Isn’t That Johnny Can’t Read

“One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people’s motives, make bold assertions, and repeat slogans – anything except reason.” …

Parrots of the Leftist Agenda

Preying on children is not just for predators anymore.  Today’s children are being institutionally indoctrinated to be unreflective, uncritical automatons of the liberal cause — on immigration, climate change, abortion, and whatever the progressive cause du jour demands. John Klar…

Is America Lost?

“Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith; but they have seen religion in the ranks of their adversaries, and they inquire no further; some of them attack it openly, and the remainder are afraid to defend it.” …

What Should Our Children Read?

“A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.” Astrid Lindgren What if the left’s outrage over…

America Before the Birth of Christ

For generations the archeological world has been beset by the notion that only the navigational techniques introduced in Europe in the fifteenth century made it possible for Europeans to cross the Atlantic.  Yet, there is much more to America’s past than we’ve been…

Reconciling Faith and Science

One of the greatest tragedies of our times is the impression that science and religion have to be at war.  Francis Collins Science is a very powerful method of gaining and applying knowledge. While it has a large domain, it…

Straw Man Politics

The political doctrine of Machiavelli denies the relevance of morality in political affairs and holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing and maintaining political power. It is a term used to describe a tendency to be unemotional and…

Darwinism: A Hypothetical Idea

My basic argument against the Theory of Evolution is the fact that  “A Theory” is nothing short of a best guess.  It’s called a theory because noone can prove it to be a fact. For evolution to be a true science it would…

The War Against Christianity Has Begun

Mark this date – January 20, 2021 – the official start of the war on Christianity. According to The Secular Democrats of American (SDA), “Christian Nationalists have been perpetuating the myth of the Christian nation and waging culture wars…in their…

Education Was A Gift From Christians

Whether we look at the Puritans…  of the seventeenth century, or their descendants of the eighteenth century, or those who framed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, we see that their political programs were the rather clear reflection of…