Do Not Mistake Flowers for Seeds
When we idolize the glories of civilizations past, we often mistake flowers for seeds, and put our hope in something which has already withered and fallen
The Weight of Glory
Teaching the Past with Woody Allen
As much as the past has to teach us, we can never live there. To assume that we ought to is to nurse an unfulfillable longing; teaching our students to do the same is to encourage fantasy.
The Inconsolable Secret and the State of Men
How an eighty-year old children’s book offer hope and peace in a lonely world