Mt. Sophia Ideas

My mother-in-law, Sarah Kitchin — a Ph.D. linguist who homeschooled my wife and sister-in-law, and taught many homeschooled children Latin and government and a million other things — passed away Tuesday before last. The “viewing” (or “visitation”) was on this past Sunday, with the funeral following on Monday.
We philosophers are supposed to be able [...]

Sunday will be — or was (depending on when you read this) — the 4th of July.  We Americans will be — or were — celebrating our independence.
From what? you might ask.
From our oppressors, we would respond.
The English? you ask. (Poor English people. Can you imagine them watching us celebrate being independent from them every [...]

I think C.S. Lewis wrote an essay with that title once. So I decided to borrow it.
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I was thinking, the other day, about the Classics. You all make your children read them during the school year, and maybe even over the summer. And I bet you’ve all heard some complaint to the effect of, “Why [...]

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This is Finals Week, here at the Catholic University of America.  But I’ve been talking to my friends at church who have kids in school, and they say they won’t be done till the middle of June!
Oh the pain!  Can you imagine being in school till the middle of June!?
Well, maybe you can.
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Why is it, [...]

Perry Mears II, who was homeschooled back in the dark ages (otherwise known as the 80s), is currently a Lecturer in Music at Lee University in Cleveland, TN.  He holds degrees from Lee University and the University of Maryland, College Park, and is also an alumnus of the Aspen Music Festival and School.  In [...]