“The Closing” Opened My Mind

Allan BloomAllan Bloom (September 14, 1930 – October 7, 1992) is one of the most fruitful and resplendent scholars in modern American Academia.He passed away almost twenty years ago, yet his work “The Closing of the American Mind” (1987) still inspires and...

John Taylor Gatto: “Angry Every Day”

John Taylor Gatto”God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.” (Psalm 7: 11)John Taylor Gatto is one of the most vetted and sought-after experts in public education.He slogged through thirty years of New York public schools,...

Waxman's Depression

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W6-5GG_7m8 From the first day in office, the Republicans have given the president ample opportunity to cut the spending, slash deficits, and decrease the national debt. Waxman and company have pursued policies guaranteed to explode...

"A Burnt Ship" by John Donne

John Donne (January 1572 — March 1631 ) Out of a fired ship, which by no way But drowning could be rescued from the flame, Some men leap'd forth, and ever as they came Near the foes' ships, did by their shot decay; So all were lost, which in the ship...

“A Burnt Ship” by John Donne

John Donne (January 1572 — March 1631 )Out of a fired ship, which by no wayBut drowning could be rescued from the flame,Some men leap’d forth, and ever as they cameNear the foes’ ships, did by their shot decay;So all were lost, which in the ship were...