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Why the Liberal Arts? Is There a Lasting Good?

ashokashok sent a shout to kpearce   247 days ago
Yeah, I'm working on the dissertation. But people at school can be frustrating sometimes, so in this rant I've included short comments on the significance of the Illiad and Odyssey and Dante's Divine Comedy and Plato's Ideal forms because I do believe this sort of learning will give us a better politics, and if I can't introduce these students to it, then I might as well keep bugging y'all.
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Contra Newt Gingrich's Vision for Education

ashokashok sent a shout to kpearce   248 days ago
I don't think anyone will agree with this, but I'd better say it loudly anyway.
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A Personal Rant: Exactly How Long Has Academia Sucked?

ashokashok sent a shout to kpearce   293 days ago
As has been said before, the politics in academia are so vicious because the stakes are so small.
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On Leo Strauss and Natural Right

ashokashok sent a shout to kpearce   295 days ago
A personal favor: Would anyone who reads this post and likes it please leave a comment on the author's blog - I want her to know her thoughts are appreciated.
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Order vs. Disorder: Index of (Mostly Political) Posts

ashokashok sent a shout to kpearce   303 days ago
Tons of blog posts covering a multitude of political issues here. Lots of stuff I personally like and have left embarrassing comments on :O
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On Alexander Hamilton's Federalist No. 9

ashokashok sent a shout to kpearce   308 days ago
I've owed you this for a while - I've written on Lincoln and Jefferson but only alluded to exactly how the Constitution works. This isn't comprehensive, but does examine a Founding document in some detail, I think.