Dec 28, 2012
Time to Reflect
During the holiday season I enjoy the opportunity for reflection. At the...
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Dec 24, 2012
The Tin Soldier’s Heart
In the Christmas of 1838, Danish author Hans Christian Andersen published The Steadfast...
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Dec 21, 2012
A Christmas Word
Christmas is the celebration of the incarnation of Jesus Christ, the Son...
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Dec 19, 2012
My Classical Journey with the Magi
Last year, I had the opportunity to study T.S. Eliot’s poem “The...
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Dec 17, 2012
A Response to President Obama’s New Common Core State Standards for Education
In Homer’s Iliad, Achilles refuses to accept gifts from the hand of Agamemnon precisely...
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Dec 14, 2012
Why Give Final Exams?
This week was a busy one in my Challenge III class. Students...
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Dec 13, 2012
Mathematics and Theology: The Problem of Quantity and the Importance of the Immaterial
Our current world is obsessed with quantitative thinking. Frankly, I am, too....
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Dec 12, 2012
Even Greater Gratitude: A Fable
This fable came to my mind early one morning. It articulates, through...
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Dec 11, 2012
The State of Classical Conversations Address, 2012
Watch this video to hear the thoughts of Leigh Bortins, Chief Academic...
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Dec 05, 2012
States’ Rights—Homeschooling and the Legalization of Marijuana
It will not come as news to you that our homeschooling communities...
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Dec 03, 2012
I Am Not a Machine (Why we practice art and cursive, and how you can do it, too!)
I am not a machine, and neither are my children. That is...
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Nov 30, 2012
Two Great Gifts
Of all the intellectual tools I have been given over the years,...
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