politics – Page 8

In Defense of Shakespeare: I Can’t Believe I Actually Have To Do This

The recent statements of author Padma Venkatraman regarding using classic texts such as Shakespeare in the modern classroom

08 Jan

“They” tell us that history is told by the winners. That’s not altogether true as the “losers” write their histories as well,

07 Jan

I’ve stood on the outside on purpose, deciding to take some time away from writing and simply stand there as one would peruse

05 Jan

You can’t save everyone. That’s a familiar refrain heard by anyone in education or any other field of endeavor in which one

23 Dec

It’s not a difficult equation. In fact, it’s rather simple. We simply don’t remember any of it. No American citizen is alive

10 Dec

In his groundbreaking book The Gulag Archipelago, Alexander Solzhenitsyn explained not only his experiences in the Soviet

01 Dec

In 1976, the federal Government in the Sunshine Act was passed, part of a series of acts that sought to bring out in the open

26 Nov

Blasphemy: The act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things. It’s the last part that needs to be

20 Nov

There was a time when the Catholic church stood supreme in Europe. To question the papacy, church dogma, or even the faith

11 Nov

Talk the Talk – Walk the Walk Despite the urging of Think31 that voters look less to the presidency and more to the

07 Nov