February 2, 2012

Image via Wikipedia When we think of Plutarch’s Lives we often forget that its full title is The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans. Sometimes it is called Plutarch’s Parallel Lives because the book alternates biographies of noble Greeks and noble Romans. After the two lives are complete, Plutarch offers a comparison chapter. In […]

There is an interesting conversation going on right now about college education. Skyrocketing tuition costs and a serious economic depression have combined to create a large group of highly educated but unemployed people saddled with serious college debt. As a result, many people are beginning to question what just a decade ago was a self-evident