Tag Archives: Education

Oh Brave New World, With Such People In It

Posted on March 6, 2026 by RC

Neil Postman, in his delightful albeit ominous book Amusing Ourselves to Death, draws an insightful comparison between two important dystopian novels. Utopian novels, of course, are those designed to show us edenic cultures. Dystopian novels show us hellish futures. The … Continue reading →

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Learning from the Master, Not From Our “Masters”

Posted on February 20, 2026 by RC

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” “If you can read this, thank a teacher.” Such is the wisdom one can expect to find on a car’s bumper. Wisdom, however, is found in God’s Word, which, surprisingly, says not … Continue reading →

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Why are we so stupid? Examining Our Besetting Wrongness

Posted on February 9, 2026 by RC

It’s not at all unusual for us to shake our heads at the world, to bemoan the stupidity of the common man. Which is kind of weird, since we are all common men. We somehow think that we have risen … Continue reading →

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The Stinking Lesson of the Stinking Garbage Can

Posted on November 20, 2025 by RC

Experience is overrated. We often learn its lessons too late. Though once it has aged it can pack a punch. My father, about the time I entered into junior high school, impressed upon me the lesson experience taught him too … Continue reading →

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Be Careful Little Children What You Hear: Listen Now

Posted on November 4, 2025 by RC

There is a steep penalty to pay for our steeply declining level of discourse. As a culture we have grown radically more emotive and radically less thoughtful. We communicate in 280 characters, through memes, with the broad brushed strokes of … Continue reading →

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Our Illiteracy: The Shameful Ignorance of our Churches

Posted on October 16, 2025 by RC

Ezekiel and the valley of dry bones. Moses and the burning bush. Hosea’s marriage to Gomer. These are not obscure stories hidden in out of the way books of the Bible. Yet each of them I have recently found were … Continue reading →

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Tariffs and Inflation: And Never the Twain Do Meet

Posted on August 21, 2025 by RC

Economic pundits have been celebrating of late that thus far we haven’t seen a deep spike in inflation due to the imposition of tariffs on foreign goods sold in the US. In other news, thus far the lint in my … Continue reading →

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A Confederacy of Dunces: Crooked Sticks, Straight Lines

Posted on August 5, 2025 by RC

Some years ago I had a refreshing, encouraging conversation on a podcast, with a well known blogging friend on the subject of writing. One of the things covered in that conversation was dealing with criticism. The irony is that each … Continue reading →

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Being RC’s Son- Living in the Shadow of Love

Posted on July 8, 2025 by RC

It isn’t at all unusual, when I am scrolling through twitter to see someone tweet some version of this simple but poignant idea- I miss RC. These are people who, like me, benefitted from his teaching and were charmed by … Continue reading →

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Oklahoma Not OK; “Conservatives” Dictating The Future

Posted on January 2, 2025 by RC

It was Ronald Reagan who warned of the scariest words. “We’re from the government and we’re here to help” ought to terrify us. I’m sorry to report many who see themselves as conservative seem to have lost sight of this … Continue reading →

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