PinnedFrank BreslininAge of AwarenessDid School Teach You to Think or to Memorize?Vivere est cogitare. To live is to think (Cicero, Tusculan Disputations, 5. 38. 111). How do we know when we’re thinking and not merely…Aug 181Aug 181
PinnedFrank BreslininAge of AwarenessThree Reasons Why Public High Schools Don’t Teach Critical ThinkingThe following warning should be affixed atop every computer in America’s schools: Proceed at your own risk. Don’t accept as true what…Dec 2, 202357Dec 2, 202357
PinnedFrank Breslin13 Fallacies You May be CommittingIn our daily lives, we often sense that something is not quite right with a line of reasoning, although we aren’t quite sure what it is…Jul 291Jul 291
Frank BreslinRon DeSantis and Viktor Orbán as Fascist DictatorsLet’s say that someone is fixated on his particular view of politics and wants to impose it on his country. Everyone had been down this…3d ago3d ago
Frank BreslinOn Governing: Part 10 (Only the 99% Count)Quamlibet saepe obligati, si quid unum neges, hoc solum meminerunt quod negatum est. Though you oblige people ever so often, if you deny…3d ago3d ago
Frank BreslinOn Governing: Part 9 — The Irrational Nature of the Human MindAd paenitendum properat, cito qui iudicat. Who hastens to judgment, quickly repents (Publilius Syrus, Maxims, 32). Some can’t stand…3d ago3d ago
Frank BreslinOn Governing: Part 8 (Helping People Alone Matters)Sed oportet privatis utilitatibus publicas, mortalibus aeternas anteferre. One must put public and permanent benefits before private and…3d ago3d ago
Frank BreslinOn Governing: Part 7 — Constituent Services that Help the PeopleNon vincitur, sed vincit, qui cedit suis. Whoever yields to his people is always the winner (Publilius Syrus, Maxims, 443). It’s called…3d ago3d ago
Frank BreslinOn Governing: Part 6 Art as Protest: AristophanesMagistratus indicat virum. Public office reveals a man’s character. Give him power and he’ll show his true colors. Will he use power wisely…3d ago3d ago
Frank BreslinOn Governing: Part 5 (Everything Depends on Attitude)Omnia ex opinione suspensa sunt. Everything depends on one’s attitude (Seneca, Moral Letters, 78, 13). Seneca offers some interesting…3d ago3d ago