A veteran-teacher once asked me: “Mr. Ortiz, is classical education really that different from other models… I mean… isn’t it the case that once you’re in the classroom, abstract theories go out the window?” Similar to other models, classical education does make its own philosophical assumptions. Unlike other models, however, these assumptions are more than...
I love when parents ask me what a classical education is. Besides talking about something I love, I get to shed light on one of the most important areas of a child’s life: their education. Even the most involved parents that I know are not asking these crucial questions: What is education and how does...
She tried her best — both to comply with the sharp demands from the flight attendant that she mask her 2-year-old daughter and to console the upset toddler. Another passenger recorded the harsh words of the flight attendant to the young single mother: “If (the toddler) can’t wear a mask, then she shouldn’t travel with you.” She...
Why aren’t more of us challenging the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) masking recommendations for children? Despite changes in indoor masking requirements that have liberated most adults, the CDC continues to cling to unscientific COVID-19 guidelines that harm our children by keeping them masked for no good reason. In many school districts, parents have been stripped of the authority to opt-out...
I think of myself as a Ukrainian American—completely one and fully the other. I was born and lived for 13 years of my life in Lugansk, Ukraine. My family is from there and I had a great childhood in that nation. Then we moved to Tyler, Texas. And I grew up to be a very patriotic American...
The last year has been full of economic Orwellian newspeak from the White House. The first talking point denied inflation’s existence, the second claimed inflation was transitory and the third laughably asserted that inflation was good. The current sleight of hand by the White House and their media sycophants simultaneously reverses the claim that inflation is good...
Today, I, like many other Americans, woke up to news that Russia had launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. For some, this was a shock—not everyone expected that Russian President Vladimir Putin would be brash enough to invade. At time of writing, Ukraine has weathered a storm of missile fire and has lost land but...
A California lawmaker has pulled down his own bill that would have created a single-payer healthcare system in the Golden State—even before a vote was scheduled. Even with the Democrats’ supermajority in the California capitol, he couldn’t round up the votes. According to the Sacramento Bee, the bill by San Jose Assemblyman Ash Kalra “threatened the existence of...
This year’s Winter Olympics, usually a time of international cooperation and friendly competition, was tainted by tensions unfolding between communist China and the Western world. The ambiance was eerily reminiscent of the Cold War, with diplomatic boycotts, questionable disqualifications, and now anti-China legislation flying. Recognizing the growing threat of dependence on China for everything from...
A 13-year-old child in Connecticut collapsed during gym class and was rushed to the hospital; he died two days later of what doctors concluded was a fentanyl overdose. Two other students at the school were also rushed to the hospital over similar concerns. When school officials investigated, they found 40 bags of powdered fentanyl hidden...
Watching the screen on a gas pump while filling your vehicle’s tank is liable to induce a panic attack. Paying for a used car almost requires taking out a second mortgage. Speaking of mortgages, members of the middle class are being priced out of the housing market as home prices march relentlessly upward. Many price increases are...
The media is quick to explain away the runaway inflation that is squeezing American families and darkening the prospects of Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections. “The U.S. economy has been hit with increased gas prices, inflation, and supply-chain issues due to the Ukraine crisis,” CBS News tweeted on Tuesday. Its article went on to...