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  • John Milton’s Lucifer: The Reason People Like Him

    John Milton’s Lucifer: The Reason People Like Him0

    In an article for The Atlantic on March 16, Edward Simon endeavors to get to grips with the fascination that Americans feel for the character of Lucifer in John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost. In a well-written and well-reasoned article, Simon sees aspects of Milton’s Satan in the characterization of thoroughly modern anti-heroes in contemporary

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  • John Locke’s 3 Tips for Raising Financially Independent Children

    John Locke’s 3 Tips for Raising Financially Independent Children0

    Compared to general life expectancy standards, my paternal grandfather died at quite a young age. I was only four when cancer took him down in a matter of weeks, so I don’t remember much about him. Yet in spite of this limited time, he did one thing which, in retrospect, was quite influential on my

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  • John Locke on Religious Tolerance

    John Locke on Religious Tolerance0

    John Locke (1632-1704) was one of the most influential thinkers of the Enlightenment. The English philosopher’s ideas are at the core of the American Founding; in fact, it can be argued that his thoughts shaped the minds of the American Revolution more than any single thinker. While Locke is best known for his treatises on

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  • John Dewey and the Progressive Case for Homeschooling

    John Dewey and the Progressive Case for Homeschooling1

    The philosopher and public intellectual John Dewey (1859-1952) is widely known among progressive K-12 educators, education policy gurus, and university education faculty for such groundbreaking ideas as learning-by-doing, inquiry-driven curricula and the democratic classroom. If you want to upset these Dewey fanboys and girls, tell them that John Dewey was an apologist for homeschooling. In

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  • John Cleese Has a Theory on Why Political Correctness Is Rampant in Our Culture

    John Cleese Has a Theory on Why Political Correctness Is Rampant in Our Culture0

    John Cleese, the English actor and comedian known for the Monty Python films, thinks political correctness is getting a little out of hand. He’s hardly the first comedian to say so, of course. Funny men such as Jerry Seinfeld, Mel Brooks, and others have complained that political correctness is killing comedy. Cleese, like Seinfeld, says

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  • Joel Buchsbaum: The Legend Who Inspired the NFL Draft as We Know it Today

    Joel Buchsbaum: The Legend Who Inspired the NFL Draft as We Know it Today0

    Tonight, the second-most-popular televised football broadcast of the year takes place from New York’s Radio City Music Hall. ESPN will broadcast round one of the NFL Draft, with the remaining rounds to be broadcast on Friday and Saturday. An estimated 40 million people will watch the draft, an event that even for the most interested

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