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Monthly Archives: March 2009
The Golden Key
These days I use the library as much as possible, but every once in awhile I come across a book I simply must have. George MacDonald’s The Golden Key is such a book. It’s an allegory, written for children and only 78 pages long. But it’s compact and mystical enough that I know I’ll want … Continue reading
The Mysterious Benedict Society
The newspaper that morning had been filled with the usual headlines, several of them devoted to what was commonly called the Emergency: Things had gotten desperately out of control, the headlines reported; the school systems, the budget, the pollution, the crime, the weather… why, everything, in fact, was a complete mess, and citizens everywhere were … Continue reading
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The Children of Men
The Children Of Men is my first P.D. James novel. I saw this movie last spring, and though I usually read the book first and see the movie afterward, in this case I didn’t know the book existed when I saw the movie. I was curious: how would the two compare? There were enough contrasts … Continue reading
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Finding the proper tools
I learned about this op-ed piece in the Washington Times through the weekly HSLDA email. It’s about President Obama’s plan for “zero-to-five” education — using federal money to create more preschool opportunities, and work toward universal preschool. “The presumption by Mr. Obama is that the earlier children start formal education, the better chance they have … Continue reading
The Maytrees
I’ve never been a big Annie Dillard fan. Years ago, I read Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and Holy the Firm. The writing seemed constantly to distract from what was being said to how it was being said, from content to style: “Look at me! I’m a great turn of phrase! I’m inventive and poetic!” But … Continue reading
