By Oliver DeMille I was on eBay and Amazon this week looking for a copy of The Complete Madison, a collection of James Madison’s most important writings. I was surprised by what I found. A brand new copy of the book cost $49.99, while a [...]
By Oliver DeMille Years ago, we took our kids to a Fourth of July party with some family friends. My parents seldom went to such events with us when I was young, so Rachel and I make a point of it. The mom of the [...]
When Two Classics are Combined Guest post by Cat Charissage I. The “Problem” Personally, I would have been happy if my son had been an early reader. I read to him as a baby constantly; in fact, I think he may have recognized the stories [...]
By Oliver DeMille CEO of Your Own Destiny For years I’ve promoted the idea that conveyor-belt education is seldom great education, and that if anything should be great in a young person’s life it’s his or her education. Therefore, I’ve said to anyone who would [...]
By Oliver DeMille Three quotes really made me think this week. Here they are: 1. John Dewey said: “Perhaps the greatest of all pedagogical fallacies is the notion that a person learns only what he is studying at the time.” He goes on to show [...]
How to Recognize a Moving Reading and what to Do with It By Oliver DeMille I finished reading the article, and I was deeply moved. It was profound, important, and taught me a number of new things on a topic I had already studied in [...]
What this Generation of Children Really Wants from Parents In a survey conducted by Ellen Galinsky of the Families and Work Institute over a thousand children were asked, “If you were granted one wish about your parents, what would it be?” What would your children [...]
Featured Article: Eat Your Peas, Young Lady! By Oliver DeMille America's Stand “I’m only going to eat unhealthy food from now on,” our nine-year-old daughter Meri announced. This innocent-seeming declaration caused quite a stir in our family. At first, we just laughed it off. [...]
You don't know??? “You don’t know?” Meri asked me in shock. “You don’t know?” The incredulous look on her face made me laugh. “Daddy -- you don’t know?” she repeated for the third time. Then she cocked her head in a way only a 9-year-old [...]
By Oliver DeMille Chess, Robert Jordan, and Theoretical Microdynamics It was a brand new freshman class and the first order of business was to help them learn the language of the classics. Most freshmen don’t come with this skill. They know technology very well, [...]
