by Prof. Jack | Feb 7, 2022 | Religion and Theology
The most important questions are perennial; they are asked again and again, in every generation, in every century. Who are we? Why are we? What will we do with our lives? And for students, “What are you studying, and why?” 1500 years ago Augustine of Hippo, the...
by Prof. Jack | Jan 25, 2022 | Critical Thinking
Written by Prof. Jeffrey Bilbro, Grove City College | (Source) Learning Wisdom at Walden Pond Perhaps you’ve found yourself in a conversation where someone expresses surprise — and a hint of judgment — that you were not aware of a recent item of news. In our...
by Prof. Jack | Jan 3, 2022 | History and Tradition
By Joel Salatin | (Source) SCHOOL OPTIONS Yesterday I spent a delightful afternoon with the chief architects of a proposed Anglican sponsored all-boys boarding farm school about half an hour from our farm. We spent the afternoon looking at the 260-acre property on...
by Prof. Jack | Dec 30, 2021 | Contemporary Culture
By Abigail Shrier | (Source) The question I get most often—the thing that most interviewers want to know, even when they’re pretending to care about more high-minded things—is: What’s it like to be so hated? I can only assume that’s what some of you rubberneckers...
by Prof. Jack | Oct 26, 2015 | Grey Matter
By David Desrosiers Dear Son, I address you as son and not “Ryan,” because at core I’m your father, not your friend. Father and son are roles that come with expectations. My job has always been to prepare you for self-government: to ensure that your heart, gray...
