Tag: history
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Words to Ponder #11
“History books as kids get older are all about facts, they’re all about punching holes in things, in showing how the heroes of the past were all racists and hypocrites.” Ryan Holiday – from the “Daily Dad” email July 17, 2023 This one strikes me, given how so much of today’s world seems to focus…
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Of Guilt and Past
How far back are we willing to go before we dispense with the guilt? Among the many infographics, memes, and articles outlining the sins of America, a new one popped into my view that displayed for those willing to take part in the guilt as to which indigenous lands we live on. I did not…
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The Education of Jeremy
What is education? What is its purpose? Is it for information? Knowledge? Then what is knowledge? The question has been bothering me for some time. From my life as a dispassionate high school student to an actively engaged college student to one who is 50/50 in university. It’s a question I ask as my own…
Jeremy C Kester 