The following is the transcript of a speech that I wrote and presented for Hillsdale College’s Edward Everett Oratory Contest this February. The contest’s topic for all competitors was “Individual Rights and the Common Good in American Education.” Speeches were to be ten minutes long and delivered entirely from memory. With this speech, I made…
At college or any level of school, the question, “What is an education?” merits serious consideration. After all, a school’s mission drives every facet of its functioning, from classroom design to core curriculum. However, such a question especially demands pondering given the changes in education that have occurred in the past two years under the…
Last summer, I read John Steinbeck’s East of Eden and found it to be a intriguing book. Since then, the words timshel and “thou mayest” have been ringing in my head from time to time. Timshel is a Hebrew word that has”thou mayest” as a translation of it. If you have read East of Eden,…
Hello, world. The vision of this website is still in-progress. Expect a variety of posts aimed at life, my Christian walk, philosophical and theological questions, lessons learned, and “mere” observations of joy and delight in the world. I have embraced my identity, finally, as a happy English major, artist, and poet. By “poet,” I echo…