Every original thinker attracts those who are eager to learn and build upon the new discoveries — and “true believers” who want to follow mechanically and turn the new system into a museum piece. Maria Montessori’s outstanding educational philosophy is designed for independence, creativity, and freedom. Many Montessorians are applying and developing her system in
Geniuses and their followers, Montessori version Read More »
Towers near LUC‘s downtown Water Tower campus. (Click images to enlarge.) And the view from my office window.
Our Love is Like a Bowling Ball Our love is like a bowling ball Like a brand new Brunswick Red Zone, It rolls and rolls down the alley of desire And rolls and rolls and rolls. I will keep you out of the gutters, my love And put my fingers in your holes Every kiss
The worst love poem ever? Read More »
What makes entrepreneurs tick? Creative knowledge, ambition, initiative, trial and error, perseverance, and more. This mini lecture is part of a new series of short, instructional lectures on entrepreneurship. Related: My nine-page journal essay, “What Business Ethics Can Learn from Entrepreneurship” [pdf] (Journal of Private Enterprise, 24(2), Spring 2009, 49-57. Also available at the Social
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Come to the edge he said. They said: we are afraid. Come to the edge he said. They came. He pushed them … and they flew. (Christopher Logue. Sometimes ascribed to Guillaume Apollinaire.)
I spotted this in a storefront window yesterday. Gottfried Leibniz’s argument is still packing a punch, three centuries later.
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An errand took me into Wisconsin today, as the recall election was under way. For more than a year the state has been in political turmoil, culminating in what will likely be a decisive and pregnant victory for one side or the other. Yet I was struck by what I did not see: no brawling,
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