The loss of all pleasure: growing older without meaning
P.D. James was eerily correct in choosing 2021 as the year in the beginning of her unsettling novel The Children of Men. […]
What Children of Men shows us about ourselves
This humble blog is not the first to comment on the notable differences between P.D. James’s novel The Children of Men and […]
Who was Maria Montessori?
Maria Montessori was an Italian educator for whom the Montessori method of schooling is named. Born in Italy on August 31, 1870, […]
What GoodFellas and Frozen have in common—and what they don’t
On the surface, there is little commonality between GoodFellas and Frozen. One is a violent, gritty chronicle of Mafia life, while the […]
Work: the great unifier
The Montessori educational philosophy presents an enlightening vision of who the child is and what he needs. From this perspective, the child’s […]
The truth doesn’t depend on you
The art of courteously disagreeing is becoming sorely neglected. The most minor misunderstanding or disagreement can result in explosive verbal spats. Although […]
Mothers and work amid life
Many women feel strongly that children are an obstacle to their success. A fresh wave of proposed government handouts promise to once-and-for-all […]
The atomization of childhood and the sadness it brings
Not for long will our culture have to wonder what it’s like having no children. Large swaths of our demographic landscape are […]
Practically Speaking: Jennifer Reese shows you around the kitchen in Make the Bread, Buy the Butter
Many professionally credentialled adults find food preparation to be an alien and mysterious process. It seems perhaps we’ve made it too easy […]
Lois Lenski’s “Strawberry Girl”: Love is embodied and particular
“To know him is to love him” is an expression that applies to anyone and everyone. This is hard to believe when […]