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This week on Uncommon Knowledge, authors Joseph Epstein and Andrew Ferguson discuss where liberal arts came from and what has happened to them. Liberal arts,...

  1. MagnusCattus
    I think for now, homeschooling is probably the only option. Well homeschooling and reproducing more. IF you want your views to be propogated, YOU need to propogate them. (I hope I spelled that right). You need to sheild your children from the insanity of
    June 2, 2013
  2. getmessed
    As it happens, I am currently reading that book. Trust me, you will like it! Greetings from Germany!
    June 1, 2013
  3. Floyd Alsbach
    mmille10, I agree Allen Bloom was brilliant and correct. BTW I think that the discussion about elitism (approx. 16 min. in) basically that elitism can or cannot be a form of snobbery is, to my mind an ivory tower paradigm. Elitism, especially Ivy Le
    June 1, 2013
  4. Floyd Alsbach
    mmille10, I agree Allen Bloom was brilliant and correct.
    June 1, 2013
  5. walshbobbyca
    I've been drinking scotch, listening to Led Zep, watching this, and I just blindly ordered that book you recommend. It had better be good. Listen man, I this might be the scotch talking, but I've played a lot of Starcraft, and the best strategy is to
    June 1, 2013
  6. pinokioneskidajgacet
    this show makes sense, every single time...
    June 1, 2013
  7. mmille10
    I've been recommending this book everywhere, but I think it's a good accompaniment to this interview, "The Closing of the American Mind," by Allan Bloom. I, too, have wondered about the generational hypothesis, that all America has to do is suffer the
    May 31, 2013