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  • Tara Westover and the Contradictions Which Allowed Her to Write a NYT Bestseller

    Tara Westover and the Contradictions Which Allowed Her to Write a NYT Bestseller2

    Human beings love a good rags-to-riches story. As proof of this, consider the enduring popularity of the fairy tale ‘Cinderella.’ In recent years, Americans have put their own unique twist on this genre: the memoirs of people who achieved success after escaping the white working class. Famous examples include The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

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  • Taking The Hits: 7 Ways to Raise Tough Kids

    Taking The Hits: 7 Ways to Raise Tough Kids0

     “The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard

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  • Taking the First Step to Restore Civility

    Taking the First Step to Restore Civility0

    I learned another life lesson from my friend the UPS man the other day. He stopped by with a couple of packages, and in response to my query informed me that yes, the delivery industry was still in Christmas mode, COVID-19 having turned the year into one long, exhausting holiday season. Given the intense nature

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  • Taking Ta-Nehisi Coates Seriously

    Taking Ta-Nehisi Coates Seriously0

    In June 2014, Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote a feature in the Atlantic arguing that the terrible history of blacks in the United States justified reparations. Many consider this a radical proposition. Yet critical reaction was mild.  Kevin Williamson, writing in National Review, disagreed with Coates’ proposal but was impressed with the “beautifully written monograph,” describing the

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  • Taking Poetry to Heart Is a Lifetime Gift

    Taking Poetry to Heart Is a Lifetime Gift2

    In the spring of 2014, I served as prompter for a local homeschool poetry fest in Asheville, North Carolina. From pre-K students to high school seniors, students marched onto stage and recited verse to an audience composed of family and friends. The little ones trebled out nursery rhymes, middle-schoolers delivered impressive reams of rhymes—Shel Silverstein’s

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  • Taking a Liberty ‘Booster’

    Taking a Liberty ‘Booster’0

    Recently I was flipping through A Child’s History of the World, by Virgil Hillyer. I never used this classic textbook with my own children or my students, and now regret that oversight. Hillyer writes well and simply about the past and sometimes with a wry sense of humor, as evidenced by these lines:     

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