We’ve already noted the abundance of good intentions that patriots like Noah Webster, Dr. Rush, and Ben Franklin had when urging a ‘New!’ system of education upon us as a means to improve people and fit them to secure their new Republic, much of which …
From John Adams to John Quincy Adams, Philadelphia August 11. 1777:I wish to turn your Thoughts early to such Studies, as will afford you the most solid Instruction and Improvement for the Part which may be allotted you to act on the Stage of…
American’s changing understanding of what ‘education’ is and is for, has changed us from being a people who were literate enough for The Federalist Papers to be written for persuading the common farmer and ‘man in the street’ on adopting a constitution…
“…As for literature–to introduce children to literature is to install them in a very rich and glorious kingdom, to bring a continual holiday to their doors, to lay before them a feast exquisitely served. But they must learn to know literature by bei…
What should, and should not be, in a school library? Who decides that? Do school libraries serve different purposes than public libraries? Is removing books from a school library the same thing as banning or censoring books? Questions like these have b…
Most of my readers asked for a print edition of my new book, Fight to Evolve: The Government’s Secret War on NTX. Great news! Your book is waiting for you on Amazon. It’s just $17.99, and you’ll be happy to know that I don’t get a penny from the sales. All proceeds go to the […]