It’s 2022. Mid-term elections are this year. Most people feel involved by watching televised debates or if one is really making an effort, perhaps, searching and watching YouTube videos or watching mainstream news channels or Googling information or reading one’s favorite news feeds. Much of our effort is passive observation or just too little, too… Read more »
A Closer Look at “The Way Forward”By Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Did conservatives end slavery ? It depends on what you mean by “conservative.” Did Republicans end slavery ? Yes. I’m a Republican. When I say I’m a Republican, one might assume I mean “conservative.” But what does it mean to be a conservative… Read more »
I’d like to wish you a very Joseph Christmas, instead. By Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. And what do we have against Mary, anyway ? What about women’s rights ? The Christmas holiday has cut the academic year in half for so long nobody remembers it being any other way, at least in our English-speaking world.… Read more »
Let’s take a closer look By Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. This new word occurred in my classroom some years ago but it was a faculty member who mentioned it to me in passing, first. A Democrat faculty member. A grade-inflater, probably. One of those faculty who just assume you’re a grade-inflating Democrat like they are.… Read more »
How to Handle the “Diversity & Inclusion” Police By Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The basic lesson one needs to grasp is that the diversity, equity and inclusion campus bureau-speak is for inequitably excluding, and if possible, shaming Republicans. I say “basic” lesson because there are intermediate and advanced lessons, as well. They will have to… Read more »
By Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Someone at church today, a young woman in graduate school for philosophy, asked me what I liked most about teaching and what I disliked the most . In a sense, there’s not a damn thing I dislike about it. There never had been. But, there is a lot more I… Read more »
Why I never say “My president” By Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. I never say, “My Speaker of the House” or “My Supreme Court justice”, either. The Speaker is the Speaker, not of Lucas J. Mather. He’s the (it’s a SHE!) He’s the Speaker of the U.S. *House of Representatives*, not of me. Let’s slow down… Read more »
While faithfulness is a concept simple to understand in hindsight or when the process of achieving a goal is clear, an intended encouragement in the moment to “be faithful” can sometimes feel vacuous, even meaningless. Why is this? After all, faithfulness is a virtue. Indeed, faithfulness is a virtue. Faithfulness entails an ideal or a… Read more »
“The Speech” is what Ronald Reagan called it. Today we call it, “A Time for Choosing,” and it was a pivotal turning point in Ronald Reagan’s life. Ronald Reagan began a long side-career of public speaking as his acting career closed out. He traveled across the country meeting Lions Clubs, Rotary Clubs, Chambers of Commerce… Read more »
From Wed. October 24, 2018 at 1:46 pm on Facebook Asked a student recently what changed her mind on the 2nd Amendment (right to carry on campus). She said, what you said in class that one day. Which was?, the professor prompted. Oh, it was when you said–this got me started to think about this… Read more »