Student Essay: Miss Kate Foley on MLK
The elements of intelligence and character correspond to the two fundamental parts of a person, his intellect and his will. If an education is to be true and comprehensive, it must balance these elements.
O’Connor: Cruel Radiance
We need her recognition of the freakish, her embrace of the grotesque, and her unerring confidence that we can perceive the truth. We need her humor to help us identify what to take seriously, and we need her particularity of time and place to recognize what is universal.
Top Schools Swap the PSAT for the CLT10
The CLT10 offers both a modernized, streamlined test-taking experience, and a classic curriculum that truly engages students’ minds.
Aquinas: Truth Above All
Wonder glimpses an elusive knowledge worth pursuing, and this desire permeated St. Thomas’ mind and heart.
Du Bois: The Primacy of Ideals
The debate between pragmatism and idealism is perennial, but Du Bois articulated clearly what sort of pragmatism can be countenanced, and what would frustrate its own purposes.
Baldwin: The Power of Dignity
“You must accept them and accept them with love, for these innocent people have no other hope. They are in effect still trapped in a history which they do not understand and until they understand it, they cannot be released from it.”
King: A Clarion for Justice
King: A Clarion for Justice By Josh Herring Martin Luther King’s idea of justice draws its power from the full scope of our tradition. “Never before have I …
Tubman: Devotion to Liberty
“But to this solemn resolution I came, I was free, and they should be free also—I would make a home for them in the North, and, the Lord helping me, I would bring them all there.”
Update On the CLT in Tennessee
Education is a calling, for the good of children and our society. But education can also be big business, and we were reminded of that Tuesday.
Aristotelian Education and Happiness, Part II
People are not born virtuous or vicious; all have the capacity for virtue and happiness, which must be cultivated through good, healthy habits.
