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A Few Good Reasons to Study Latin 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
I could give you many reasons to study Latin, but would like to focus on my personal favorites. My favorite reason is that Latin produced the Romance languages. Romance languages emerged directly f....
Here’s How to Get Cheap or Free Classical Music 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
An important part of teaching your kids to like Classical Music is actually having music available to listen to. When I started listening to classical music, there were just a few ways to listen: on r...
The Danger Our Children Face from Economic Ignorance 21 Aug 2013 | 10:17 pm
It is a pretty grave problem. In numerous ways, people in the United States have been committed to economic ignorance for generations. They just don’t realize the extent of it. Nor do they realize the...
An American Love Story: The Last of the Mohicans (1920) 20 Aug 2013 | 02:31 am
In my filmmaking class, we introduce the concept of the auteur director with the films of Maurice Tourneur. The French recognized the idea of one author or creator in regard to certain films, a person...
A Tale of Two Fathers: Education, the Left and the State 12 Aug 2013 | 09:44 pm
Imagine four people: two fathers and two sons. One of the fathers, we’ll call him RC, is a Christian man. A sinner to be sure, but by God’s grace, a repenting one. The other, we’ll call him Horace Ma...
Back to School Sale! 25% off til August 12th! 9 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Over the past few years, we have worked hard to create a series of excellent products that are engaging, effective, and easy to use. We regularly receive positive emails and reviews about how much mot...
Why You & Your Kids Need to Understand Economics: Government Spending 30 Jul 2013 | 08:58 pm
I spent 30 minutes the other day talking on the phone with a staff member for my U.S. Congressman. I was calling to voice my concern about the looming Internet Sales Tax (officially The Marketplace Fa...
Hilarious Timing: Buster Keaton’s Cops 26 Jul 2013 | 04:04 am
Buster Keaton stands next to Charlie Chaplin as one of the most amazing silent film actors and directors. Keaton’s incredibly complex sets and sequences combined with his acrobatics (he did all his ow...
Modern Fairy Tales: Prokofiev’s Ballets and Suites 22 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
Here is something unique about classical music: you can listen to thousands of different pieces for decades, and yet suddenly “discover” all these new pieces by a composer you thought you knew. That’...
Learn a New Language in Your Car 19 Jul 2013 | 01:07 am
According to Anne Lutz Fenandez in her book, Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and its Effect on our Lives, Americans spend 18 and a half hours a week in their cars! I am always amazed how wel...
