Education

Alexander Hamilton Believed in Taxing and Borrowing

Analysis, Education, Nonfiction, Writings / By

The Founding Father most responsible for authoring our original economic policies and establishing our central banking system thought federal taxation was not meant to be exempted, cut, lowered, or salvaged. To the contrary, Alexander Hamilton believed federal taxation should increase with increased income. Working-class Americans were supposed to pay taxes within their means, and wealthy […]

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Ten Reasons to Go to a Play and Support Local Theatre

Drama, Education, Nonfiction, Ten Reasons, Writings / By

“The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.” — Oscar Wilde, 1891 It has been said that the theatre dies every night, only to be reborn each day, for it exists whenever actors perform before an audience. Therefore, a primary characteristic of

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Scientific Puritans Aren’t Helping

Education, Eric Stephenson, Nonfiction, Writings, Writings / By

Superstitious thinkers have stood in the way of meaningful scientific innovation throughout history, and they still do. They obstruct the serious theoretical and technical challenges we face. Luckily, history also shows that most major scientific discoveries that promised to serve humanity especially well were adopted despite fierce resistance from misguided forces. Most people will do

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Kevin’s Favorite Poems, “Requiem,” Four More Gravestone Poems, “Gravy”

Education, Kevin Arnold, Nonfiction, Poetry, Writings, Writings / By

This is part of a series of columns that feature a much-loved poem, and other poems that speaks to, or resonate with, the first poem. This week’s poem is “Requiem,” written by Robert Louis Stevenson. This poem was carved into Stevenson’s gravestone. The line that attracted me was “Glad did I live and gladly die.” Some critics consider

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Kevin’s Much-Loved Poems: “Oatmeal” by Galway Kinnell

Education, Kevin Arnold, Nonfiction, Poetry, Writings, Writings / By

This is the eighth in a series of columns that feature a much-loved poem and a second poem that speaks to, or resonates with, that poem. This week’s poem is “Oatmeal,” written by Galway Kinnell in the late 1980s. Kinnell was Poet Laureate of Vermont from 1989 to 1993 and a Nobel prizewinner. A follower

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