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  • 13 Surprising Facts About J.R.R. Tolkien

    13 Surprising Facts About J.R.R. Tolkien0

    Known as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) led a rich personal and spiritual life. Well-educated and well-traveled, it comes as no surprise that his prose rose to such fame. Below are 13 facts about Tolkien which are not quite as famous. 1. Though commonly thought of

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  • 13 Sublime Quotes from Emerson on Self-Reliance

    13 Sublime Quotes from Emerson on Self-Reliance0

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) is considered the founding father of the American Transcendental movement. The Harvard-educated scholar, godfather to William James and mentor to H.D. Thoreau, was both brilliant and controversial. His “Divinity School Address” in 1838, in which he discounted Biblical miracles and the divinity of Jesus of Nazareth, precipitated outrage and an exile

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  • 13 Quotes from John Dewey You Can Probably Agree With

    13 Quotes from John Dewey You Can Probably Agree With0

    1. “Familiarity breeds contempt, but it also breeds something like affection. We get used to the chains we wear, and we miss them when removed.”   2. “The quality of mental process, not the production of correct answers, is the measure of educative growth.”   3. “The source of whatever is dead, mechanical, and formal

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  • 13 Quotes from Cicero

    13 Quotes from Cicero0

    The wisdom of the past still rings true today. On display today are a few examples from Cicero’s On Duties, written shortly after Rome transitioned from a republic to an empire. What is truly amazing is that these writings are from over 2,000 years ago. While we’re told things have changed, maybe humanity hasn’t changed

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  • 13 J.R.R. Tolkien Quotes that are Absolutely Wonderful

    13 J.R.R. Tolkien Quotes that are Absolutely Wonderful0

    1. “Human stories are practically always about one thing, aren’t they? Death. The inevitability of death.” – 1968 BBC documentary 2. “Well, the first War of the Machines seems to be drawing to its final inconclusive chapter — leaving, alas, everyone the poorer, many bereaved or maimed and millions dead, and only one thing triumphant: the

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  • 13 Fact Checks on the State of the Union Address

    13 Fact Checks on the State of the Union Address0

    President Donald Trump spoke for about one hour and 20 minutes Tuesday night in his second State of the Union address, interrupted–by Fox News Channel’s count—102 times by applause.   Trump punctuated his speech by saluting the stories of Americans in the gallery: former prison inmates, World War II soldiers, a Holocaust survivor and a

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