by Mike Pyatt In quieter moments, when no one else’s around, one’s confronted with the reality that we’re troubled, at risk, by external and internal threats-those that routinely haunt one’s reverie. In the midst of constant murmur, that drones a disturbing message; our quotidian routine is insufficient to quell this …
By Bradley Harrington “The new education must consist essentially in this, that it completely destroys freedom of will … If you want to influence him [the student] at all, you must do more than merely talk to him; you must fashion him, and fashion him in such a way that …
By Bradley Harrington “Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.” — Calvin Coolidge, “Holy Name Society Address,” 1924 — Last week, in an open letter to a local student, I defined “individual liberty” as our “right to our own thoughts and lives, as well as …
By Bradley Harrington “What I’m looking for is not out there, it’s in me.” — Helen Keller, “The Story of My Life,” 1903 — It isn’t often a letter by a 5th-grader will really make me ponder things, but the one by Kearra Siler (“People need to stop being stubborn, …
