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  • How Flannery O’Connor Can Heal Our Fractured Politics

    How Flannery O’Connor Can Heal Our Fractured Politics0

    In 2014, I spoke at the American Embassy in Prague at a symposium on the civil rights movement in America. I made the mistake of offering Flannery O’Connor’s story “Everything that Rises Must Converge” as a reminder that we are all to blame for the mess we’re in. O’Connor says of her own story, “I

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  • How Five Justices Botched the CA Church Case on COVID Restrictions

    How Five Justices Botched the CA Church Case on COVID Restrictions0

    Today’s news reads like it’s ripped straight from the pages of the Old Testament. Plagues and protests dominate the headlines. But unlike Moses, who received his law directly from God, ours today derives from mere mortals. It’s mostly good, but still fallible. As a result, sometimes an individual’s views of God’s law and man’s law

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  • How Fiscally Healthy Is Your State?

    How Fiscally Healthy Is Your State?0

    The Mercatus Center has released its fiscal rankings of each state in the nation. Find your state in the map above to see how highly (or lowly) it may have ranked: Here’s what the report’s authors, Eileen Norcross and Olivia Gonzalez, had to say about the five states occupying the fiscal basement in 2015, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts,

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  • How Financial Knowledge was Taught in 1889

    How Financial Knowledge was Taught in 18890

    On November 22, 1889, Gertrude Jones of Tennyson, Indiana penciled her name into her copy of Complete Arithmetic, a math curriculum book in use at the time. In 2016, the book is now in my possession. It smells delightful, if you’re into old books. Below is Gertrude’s lovely cursive: Complete Arithmetic’s introduction describes the use

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  • How Federal Education Guidelines from 2014 are Destroying Kids’ Lives

    How Federal Education Guidelines from 2014 are Destroying Kids’ Lives0

    In 2015, Intellectual Takeout reported that many classrooms in Saint Paul Public Schools had devolved into physical violence. If a recent story in the Washington Times is any indication, those incidents may be part of a growing nation-wide epidemic.   The children of Josh and Nicole Landers have had horrifying experiences in Baltimore County Public Schools. Their 9-year-old son was bullied so

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  • How Fantasy Helps Us Appreciate the Past

    How Fantasy Helps Us Appreciate the Past0

    The Lord of the Rings. Star Wars. Harry Potter. These beloved fantasies, despite their differences in tone and setting, all have one thing in common. In each case, the great battle has already been fought. Aragorn’s quest to reclaim the throne of Gondor and help Frodo destroy the One Ring is the continuation and final

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