Where is Diversity in Education?

In the last newsletter I contributed a short piece entitled “Education, Who Needs It?” in which I argued for the importance of private education based upon the fact that alternatives to public education as well as different approaches enriched educational opportunities rather than reduced them.  In trying to be all things to all people and […]

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Plato Not Prozac:  Applying Philosophy to Everyday Problems.  Lou Marinoff, Ph.D. , HarperCollins Publishing Inc., New York:  1999.  308 pages. 

At one time seeing a therapist was a subject of embarrassment if not outright shame.  It was tantamount to an acknowledgement that one was unable to cope, needed help and was inherently unstable.  Pride and social convention at the time combined to dissuade people from seeking it and to conceal it if accessed.  Having a […]

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