A Brief History of Thought: A Philosophical Guide to Living, by Luc Ferry. This is one of the most fascinating books I have read. Most of the ground he covers is of the major historical philosophical ideas I have studied in any number of previous presentations, but this was different. Luc, who is a philosopher […]
Archives for April 2012
Ryan May Save the GOP
Thanks to House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, the Republicans have an issue large enough to provide a compelling message in the general election. His budget plan is a vehicle for potentially moving the eventual nominee above the noise and into what qualifies as a space in which the enormous stakes for the American future […]
A Constitutional Teaching Moment
What a contrast: One week we have two full days of a seminar on the U. S. Constitution in the form of arguments before the Supreme Court on the Affordable Care Act that should have been a rare teaching moment for anyone who followed the audio; this was followed by an incredible pronouncement and challenge […]
The Sad Case of Trayvon Martin
I did not intend to write about this tragic episode until I read Shelby Steele’s excellent essay on it in the Wall Street Journal. As usual on race-driven issues, he nails it, with perceptive insight into the degeneracy of the current conversation on race. The facts will sort themselves out, with no help from the […]
Texas Education Reform Update
The Texas Institute for Education Reform is on the road with business and education opinion leaders around the state in anticipation of the 2013 legislative session, and I thought you might have interest in what we’re telling people, as follows: Since the beginning of the Texas commitment to public education standards and accountability based reform […]