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...

Books That Have Influenced Me-New World Order?

This article is a response to a request from gnothetruth, as quoted "Perhaps you’d be able to write up a post on things you’d suggest people read up on?"    I do have a list of personal favorites on my...

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...

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...

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...

Genius

For the past few years I have been examining the concept of genius and particularly the role of memory in what is considered genius. Only recently however after having read or examined a few biographies of these so called genius,...