Look For the Helpers….
“You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you. There’s only one person in this whole world like you. And people can like you exactly as you are.” -Mister Rogers
Adult | Education | Humanities
A Statue for Liberty – yet Devoted to License?
The following remarks briefly explore Robert George’s distinction between liberty and license in the US. The common pursuit of a narrow and “limitless” self-interest are taken to suggest an impoverished idea of freedom.
Adult | Education | Humanities
Liberty vs License.
by Robert George
Baby Cakes
No Mardi Gras celebration would be complete without a king cake. If you’ve ever experienced the fun of finding a plastic baby inside a cake, you’ve no doubt eaten one. A king cake is a cinnamon filled dough (similar to a cinnamon roll) in the shape of a hollowed out circle and filled with everything…
Adult | Education | Humanities
Vom Aufstieg und Niedergang der Geisteswissenschaften
Rise and fall, or ascent and decline of the humanities: Dr. Albrecht offers this title as description, for analytic elaboration, and to mark a new academic and social phase.
Adult | Education | Humanities
From Scientific American: STEM Education Is Vital–but Not at the Expense of the Humanities
“The need to teach both music theory and string theory is a necessity for the U.S. economy to continue as the preeminent leader in technological innovation. The unparalleled dynamism of Silicon Valley and Hollywood requires intimate ties that unite what scientist and novelist C. P. Snow called the “two cultures” of the arts and…