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First Principles: A Good Government Supports Education and the Spread of Knowledge and Wisdom

Posted on March 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“A nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support.” – Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1792

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Thought For the Day: Never Let Your Schooling Get In the Way of Your Education

Posted on February 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain

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Happy Presidents’ Day!!

Posted on February 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

In celebration of Presidents’ Day 2018, the girls and I are heading to Conner Prairie for the events there. It sounds pretty fun and informative. The best part for a father who is dead broke? It’s free. So, thank you … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Education and Free Discussion Cures Ignorance and Bigotry

Posted on February 18, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Adams, 1816

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First Principles: The Foundations of National Morality Rests In the Family

Posted on February 7, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The foundation of national morality must be laid in private families. … In vain are Schools, Academies, and Universities instituted, if loose principles and licentious habits are impressed upon children in their earliest years. … The vices and examples of … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Nation Should Promote the Minds and Morals of Its Children

Posted on January 20, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Aesop’s Fables

Posted on January 16, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

According to legend, born in approximately 620 BC, the Greek fabulist and story teller, Aesop, has been accredited with a plethora of stories each serving to teach invaluable lessons through the use of animals and inanimate objects that speak, problem … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Children Should Be Educated In The Principles of Freedom

Posted on January 2, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.” –John Adams They aren’t any more. That’s why so many problems are festering until they reach the surface. So may of these are based on sheer ignorance of what … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Consideration of Thought Does Not Mean Its Acceptance

Posted on December 12, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the mark of an educated man to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” — Aristotle (384-322 BC) Greek philosopher Sometimes deep contemplation on the thoughts of others sharpens your own that are contrary. Consider the above. … Continue reading →