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  • Truly, what if?

    Truly, what if?0

    Generally, we Americans are quite proud of our overall military history. Yes, there’s discontent and guilty consciences about Vietnam and our recent incursions into the Middle East, but even in these feelings there seems to be a presumption that America can defeat anyone, we just shouldn’t do it as much. These memes give you a

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  • True Heroes are Disappearing from Society. Why?

    True Heroes are Disappearing from Society. Why?0

    As history buffs around the world will know, 2017 marks the one hundredth anniversary of U.S. entry into World War I. In recognition of this anniversary, my state’s history center is currently sponsoring an exhibit on the lead-up to the war, America’s part in it, and the aftermath. I had the fun of exploring this

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  • True Generosity Involves More than Just Giving

    True Generosity Involves More than Just Giving0

    Who is the most generous person in the world today? Ask folks in the West, and the most popular answer would probably be Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft. For good reason, too. According to Business Insider’s 2015 ranking of the 20 most generous people in the world, Gates comes in first, with $27 billion

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  • True Education Starts With a Child’s Imagination

    True Education Starts With a Child’s Imagination0

    Much of a child’s education happens outside the classroom and begins long before he first sits down at a desk. Like a plant, a toddler draws nutrients from his surroundings, the “soil” of the home environment, almost as soon as he can recognize mom’s face. This soil forms the basis of the child’s future formalized

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  • True Education Involves Suffering

    True Education Involves Suffering0

    One of the best pieces of educational advice I’ve heard in recent months didn’t come from a book or a talk about education. It came from a film about wine. This past week I watched A Year in Burgundy on Netflix. I highly recommend this documentary not only for the information it provides on the winemaking process,

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  • Trudeau’s Nazi Problem

    Trudeau’s Nazi Problem0

    It has been a rough week in the Canadian parliament, to put it lightly. Last Friday, the Trudeau Government invited 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, a Ukrainian migrant to Canada, to hear Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to Parliament. Speaker Anthony Rota introduced Hunka as a “Ukrainian-Canadian veteran from the Second World War who fought for Ukrainian

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