Dogmatism & Listening

“Dogmatic” is a slippery word. It’s root, “dogma,” means an established set of opinions or beliefs. Every person lives by a set of dogmas. When we get angry at the behaviors of others, our dogmas are showing. The word, “dogmatic,” on the other hand, usually carries a...

Educational Independence

“State-run schooling never was and never can be a neutral enterprise. Our government schools originated as an ideological project: Their purpose…was to combat the competing influences of family, neighborhood and church—and of one church in particular. To vindicate...

The “Progressive” Flaw

The fatal flaw of “progressives” is that they have embraced the good principle of love and inclusion, while rejecting the good principle that calls us to moral, healthy behavior. 

Public Schools

“American public schools now spend annually a total of $857.2 billion, or $17,280 per pupil, an inflation-adjusted increase of 192 percent since the 1970s. Yet rather than commit seppuku in shame at the shocking results they have overseen, the radical activists,...