Month: March 2020

America’s sickness, part 1

“With ignorance virtually institutionalized, how can we get man to see? Bewildered by his curious alienation from reality, he is unable to prescribe for himself, for he imagines that what he needs is more of the disease.”— Richard Weaver The coronavirus is getting people to see that Americanism is incompatible with reality. The nation-state suffers …

Take care of “granddaddy”

Abbeville Institute founders Drs. Clyde Wilson and Don Livingston recently asked me to help out a gentleman who had contacted them regarding history curriculum suggestions for homeschoolers. We “eggheads … are limited to ‘higher education’ in our knowledge,” Wilson replied playfully, so he and Livingston passed on the request to me. Interestingly, veteran homeschoolers sometimes …

Granddaddy must-reads

“Not until we once again recognize and articulate the transcendent value of sound thinking, wide reading, and lucid writing, will our students respond to their lessons enthusiastically.”— David Hicks, classical educator A few choice reading suggestions for pursuing real history (and economics): • Educator Michael Martin discusses the problems with textbooks and suggests some quality …