645d–650b The Athenian Stranger has hinted that the symposium, if…
Part IV: Assessing the Deeper Damage The most obvious and damaging effects of the contemporary university on America are cultural. University students once were young people…
637a–645c To quote Homer, alcohol is the “solution to all of life’s problems.” Contrary to this sage, however, Megillus lauds the Spartan law forbidding…
632e–636e Having aimed at the true point of law codes (virtue), the Athenian Stranger now resets the discussion by taking the single virtues of courage and self-control and…
Introduction Recent news reports about the lifting of censorship of the publication of Mein Kampf in Germany indicate that the events of the early twentieth century cast a long…
III.XXXIII If the Bible is to be our guide in understanding the nature of the Kingdom of God, then we need to be certain what it is that makes up the Bible. There has never been…
Part III: Destroying the Entrepreneurial Spirit Many critics have pointed out that faculty and administration at the typical contemporary university spend much of their time attempting…
624a–632d The setting of the first book of Plato’s Laws will be familiar to readers of the Republic. It begins with a journey from the city…
Introduction The phrase “What would Jesus do?,” turned by enterprising souls into the familiar abbreviation WWJD on myriad bracelets and tee shirts today, first emerged from…
Part II: Destroying Upward Mobility Thomas Edison dropped out of school and became one of our nation’s greatest inventors and men of business. Herbert Hoover never…
Introduction Just what are we to do with Plato’s Laws? First and foremost, of course, we ought to do what most people do not: read it.…
Introduction The year 2016 marks the centennial of a significant body of Anglo-American literature setting forth diverse visions of the future by influential authors across the…
Part I: Destroying Liberal Learning There is no dearth of commentary on the contemporary American university and its clear hostility toward traditional American educational standards and…
For some years, now, we have been hearing that global warming is a settled scientific fact. It has reached the point where there are calls for…
Latin Appendix III Given the religious causes and historical events of the English Civil War, Hobbes finds it not at all surprising that there have been…
Latin Appendix II As long as there are true doctrines and sinful human beings, there will be heresy to be dealt with. Hobbes, as we would…
