Education

A Little Fellow Follows Me 23
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- August 6, 2025
Laugh if you want, but I enjoy the Netflix series Cobra Kai. While I rooted for Daniel in the original ’80s movie, my favorite character is now Daniel’s rival Johnny Lawrence. My kids saw enough similarities between Johnny and me to buy an Eagle Fang Karate shirt for my birthday. I assume it’s because we share
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Think Like an Owner: The Interview 15
- Economics, Education, Featured, Uncategorized
- July 23, 2025
Over the last twenty-five years, I have conducted a couple thousand interviews at our computer company. Many candidates claim empathy as a strength, declaring they excel at putting themselves in someone else’s shoes. But from my experience, few truly understand what matters to a business owner. And, while I’m not the owner of our company,
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In Praise of Print 27
- Culture, Education, Entertainment, Featured, Uncategorized
- July 21, 2025
Fragmented. Distracted. So often, that’s our experience of the internet. Whenever I launch a browser, I am assaulted by an overwhelming mudslide of information, headlines, graphics, photos and videos splashing and splurging across the page, each vying for my attention. Clicking over to social media, I’m inundated with a new firehose of topics, tags, talking
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4 Surprising Things the Founders Intended to Include in American Education 29
- Culture, Education, Featured, History, Religion, Uncategorized
- July 18, 2025
One of the childhood stories in my father’s arsenal is set at lunchtime in his local public school. Although he went home for lunch, he often heard his teacher leading the classroom in a group rendition of “Come Lord Jesus, be our guest,” as he gathered his things before walking across the street. A few
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A Touch of Glass and Aesop 29
- Education, Featured, Literature, Uncategorized
- July 17, 2025
Milon Townsend has worked in glass his entire adult life, turning out everything from jewelry to beautiful figurines over the last 50 years, devoting part of his time to sharing his knowledge with others. His work has appeared in museums and galleries, and he’s made hundreds of appearances selling his wares or teaching his craft
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1,000 Good Books to (Slowly) Consider 50
- Education, Featured, History, Literature, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- July 14, 2025
I’m a sucker for books about books and book lists. On my shelves are titles like Gladys and Mark Hunt’s “Honey for a Child’s Heart: The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life”; George and Karen Grant’s “Shelf Life”; and James Mustich’s “1,000 Books to Read Before You Die.” Give me a cup of coffee,
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