November 7, 2012

Mr. Obama, Round II: Not a Mandate

The race was tight. Tight enough that one winces when the Left declares a mandate for Mr. Obama. Mr. Friedman's analysis is characteristic: It seems that many Americans went to the polls without much enthusiasm for either candidate, but, nevertheles...

August 7, 2011

What Good Is Education without the Classical Liberal Tradition?

"Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote that every person is born an Aristotelian or a Platonist.  Which are you?"  This is what I asked my seventeen-year-old students during end-of-the-year oral exams.  Many smiled and responded quickly; other...