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Quid est Veritas (‘What is Truth’) and Can we Know it?0
- Western Civilization
- June 30, 2016
Quid est veritas? What is truth? Pontius Pilate’s question is one of the most famous ever asked. It is also one that has proved difficult to answer. It has baffled and confused some of the world’s most celebrated philosophers. It remains the most important of all questions, the one we must ask in order to
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Remember To Enjoy the Freedom you Defend 0
- Education
- June 30, 2016
“X is great and all, but it’s pretty hard to enjoy X when the government has its hands in your pocket.” “Sure, Y is fun, but it’s pretty hard to be happy about things like Y when Hillary is getting ready to take away our guns.” “I’m a big fan of Z too…and believe me,
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5 Fascinating Quotes from Cato the Elder 0
- Education
- June 30, 2016
Marcus Porcius Cato (234- 149 BC) was a Roman statesman and orator who rose to fame during the Punic Wars. Often referred to as Censorinus (the Censor) or the Elder to distinguish him from his grandson (Cato the Younger), Cato was raised in a landed Plebian family of humble means in central west Italy (the
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Are Schools Making Us ‘Intellectually Dependent’?1
- Culture
- June 30, 2016
Not long ago, I wrote about a brief essay called A Message to Garcia. The essay, written in 1899 by Elbert Hubbard, explained how President McKinley instructed a gentleman named Rowan to deliver a letter to General Garcia in Cuba during the Spanish American War. As Hubbard explains, the unique thing about this incident was
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Are Americans Clueless on Why We Celebrate July 4th?0
- June 30, 2016
In the last few years, we’ve seen an extensive push to require high school students to pass a U.S. citizenship test in order to graduate. The most recent data from the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) suggests that this might not be such a bad idea. After testing 8th grade students in subjects such
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The Roman Empire’s Financial Suicide 0
- Economics
- June 29, 2016
More than 2,000 years before America’s bailouts and entitlement programs, the ancient Romans experimented with similar schemes. The Roman government rescued failing institutions, canceled personal debts, and spent huge sums on welfare programs. The result wasn’t pretty. Roman politicians picked winners and losers, generally favoring the politically well connected — a practice that’s central to
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