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MACDONALD: The Public Ed Industrial Complex Wants Failure

November 6, 2025November 6, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Is public education broken? That depends on whether you think the goal was to redirect private resources to create knowledgeable citizens capable of self-education and self-rule. That was never its purpose, though we must confess that at least a few of the kiddies walked out the other end at least able to read and think … Read more

How Can Individuals Commit to Lifelong Learning?

August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 Guest Contributor

Lifelong learning is a concept that has been talked about in the workplace and in schools for a while. Once it was simply a buzzword confined to some corporations, but today it is a philosophy that millions of Americans are beginning to embrace fully.

The Danger of Knowledge

December 18, 2024March 22, 2022 NITZAKHON

Some years ago, as an intellectual exercise, some friends and I were talking about what we thought was the single biggest advance in human history.

School funding: If you teach a man to read, he can teach himself to fish.

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 Ian Underwood

If you give a man a fish, he has to come back when he needs another fish. If you teach a man to fish, he has to come back when he needs to learn something else. Why not teach the man how to learn?

Let’s move forward, not in circles

June 28, 2020June 27, 2020 Ian Underwood

Driving home from PorcFest this evening, I noticed that on I-91, Vermont has combined traditional exit numbers with the new distance-based exit numbers mandated by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). For example, one of the exits is marked Exit 18/Milepoint Exit 120. This seemed like a nice way to combine the old and the new.

So what have we learned about COVID-19 and its “management”

April 29, 2020 Skip

Yeah, that graphic says it all. Obviously, critical thinking is being used less and less, too. This post got triggered by one at Instapundit that spoke to things at the national level:

How COVID-19 Influences the Education System

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 Guest Contributor

COVID-19 is a health crisis that has affected most nations around the world. To manage the spread of this virus, most countries have decided to close all learning institutions. This crisis is making things difficult especially for government heads.

Sharia: Allah’s Will… Past, Present and Future

July 13, 2019
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Islam is a complete civilization. It has a detailed political and legal code. That code is called the Sharia. It is an all-encompassing way of life. Sharia is the Islamic tool which takes everything about each subject and codifies it into an ordered system. What Sharia covers… Every aspect of life finds a place in Sharia. … Read more