A sample headline from a society gone bonkers: “Girls basketball team gets booted from league for being too good”. A measure of the insanity around us? We’re used to such headlines by now. A Minnesota youth basketball team has been … Continue reading
The thinking child is not antisocial (he is, in fact, the only type of child fit for social relationships). When he develops his first values and conscious convictions, particularly as he approaches adolescence, he feels an intense desire to share … Continue reading
Former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg may use his money to launch an independent bid for president. He says he’s alarmed by Donald Trump’s prospect of getting the Republican nomination, and Bernie Sanders’ possibility of getting the … Continue reading
The latest self-conscious controversy orchestrated by preening, posing leftist “progressives” broke out after last week’s Oscar nominations — the second year in a row in which all 20 acting nominees are white. Charlotte Rampling is the latest actress to weigh … Continue reading
A New York Times blogger recently questioned her choice to teach her daughter to be kind, above all else. She writes, “My daughter had become the girl I hoped she would be — the girl I always wanted to be … Continue reading
When you react against something, you will sometimes run towards something that’s fundamentally the same thing. Think of all the young people who react against their parents, often legitimately, for being the way they are. Superficially, these young people go … Continue reading
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he will push for companies, including Apple Inc., to bring manufacturing back to the United States. “Make America great again,” Trump recently said in a speech at Liberty University in Virginia. “We’re going to … Continue reading
A recent Politico headline reads: “The One Weird Trait That Predicts Whether You’re a Trump Supporter …And it’s not gender, age, income, race or religion.” What is it? Authoritarianism. The author never fully defines the term; presumably he means people … Continue reading
The battle between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton amounts to a debate over who’s the more socialist. Take Obamacare. Bernie Sanders wants to trash the whole mess. He wants to fully replace it with single-payer, Medicare for all. On the … Continue reading
“The child, in fact, once he feels sure of himself, will no longer seek the approval of authority after every step.” — Maria Montessori
The following is from “The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined” by Salman Khan, founder of the world famous, online-based Khan Academy, an innovator in childhood and ongoing adult education. Testing out. What a concept. I’d had no idea that such … Continue reading
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have been going back and forth about “New York values.” Are values really geographically defined? Cruz probably does not mean to imply this; but the concept does. Politically speaking, there is no conflict about the … Continue reading