The Founding Fathers and classical education
One of my pet peeves is how people often call forth the condemnation of the Founding Fathers upon modern-day America, as if the men who founded our nation were demigods, filled with a divine moral soundness and evangelical wisdom formed by the deeply puritanical society of colonial times. The leaders who shaped our nation’s path would shrink in shock at our modern political idolatry. They would insist we take them out of the temple of worship and instead see them as human beings, as people with flaws and prejudices shaped by the culture of their time.
Gilroy homeless census steady
The numbers of Gilroy residents without homes has changed little, while Santa Clara County’s homeless population increased over the past two years, according to a county report released July 18.
The 2019 “Homeless Census and Survey” conducted country-wide in January and February showed a 2...
Hitchcock Made San Juan Famous 50 Years Ago With ‘Vertigo’
Fifty years ago this Tuesday, the world's most famous movie
Rehab for baby bobcats
WERC, the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center of Morgan Hill, is celebrating 20 years of successfully raising and releasing orphaned or injured bobcat kittens back to their native habitat using innovative and life-saving techniques.
