A website called The Patriot Report (subtitled Supplies for the Conservative Revolution) is currently advertising a 1599 Geneva Bible, buy one get one free for $49.99. It looks like an attractive enough product, and if it’s an exact reproduction of the 1599 Geneva Bible it’s worth having. There’s no disputing the historical significance of thisContinue reading “Americananity”
Monthly Archives: June 2013
“As colleges begin using massive open online courses (MOOC) to reduce faculty costs, a Johns Hopkins University professor has announced plans for MOOA (massive open online administrations)” (funny ironic short article)
Originally posted on Punkonomics (@DearBalak):
Forget MOOCs–Let’s Use MOOA. By Benjamin Ginsberg As colleges begin using massive open online courses (MOOC) to reduce faculty costs, a Johns Hopkins University professor has announced plans for MOOA (massive open online administrations). Dr. Benjamin Ginsberg, author of The Fall of the Faculty, says that many colleges and universities face the…
How Does Literature Mean?
Latest video lecture about how to read literature… Music by Zoe Keating. If you enjoyed this video, you also may enjoy reading Cassie Falke’s “Love and Reading” in the Fall 2012 issue of Integrite. It starts on p. 12. On June 26th this video was further edited to slow down some text transitions and toContinue reading “How Does Literature Mean?”
TED Talk on Divergent Thinking and Modern Education…
It’s all about how many different ways that you can think about the same thing… and how our modern educational system discourages that kind of thinking. Definitely worth watching.
Remembering how much I love my country…
You know, when I read things like this — “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched,Continue reading “Remembering how much I love my country…”
The Philosophy of Contemporary Song 