Rest In Peace John Taylor Gatto

One of the greatest minds of the late 20th and early 21st centuries has passed away. The writings of John Taylor Gatto have taught me much, even in passing. Gatto's books possess a passion I haven't encountered in any other...

Truth and Love

To tell you the truth, the last article I wrote burned me out. It was not only taxing on my mind but it called into question the  validity of the Trivium Method, something I had taken as being simply to...

An Explanation And Critique of the Trivium Method

Let me note that this a critique of Jan Irvin's and Gene Odening's Trivium Method. I have been contemplating this issue for some time, as originally one of the main purposes for this blog was to assist in the education...

Television, Philosophy, and the Control Grid

“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of...

The Central Banking System

Now considering this is mostly an educational blog, you may ask what possibly could central banking have to do with education? You may be even more surprised to note that I consider this equally or even more important than the...

The Seven Things Schools Teach Kids

Due to the prolonged time that I have not posted anything on this blog I decided to start out with an easy, yet informative overview of what John Taylor Gatto believes schools really teach kids. Of course due to plagiarism...

On Logic, the Trivium Method, and 9/11

  When considering reason and logic in our recorded history, which is rather short, it was the Greek civilization particularly Hellenistic Greece who first conceived that nature could be logically understood and perceived rather than magically or mythologically worshiped. As...

Ethics and Scientific Athiesm

In contemplating ethics, I have discovered, it may be necessary to say that good and evil is only based on ethical considerations. That is even a nihilistic morality will produce an image of good and evil no matter how warped...

Ethics and God

Although I eluded to this subject in my previous post, I believe some elaboration needs to be introduced here as to what I actually mean when  I refer to ethics. So let us Socratically define what I mean. My personal...