Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. John Huston also made a documentary about the u.s. Army’s activities in the Aleutians, though it focuses more on daily military life than on combat (although it does show some combat). According to Wikipedia: “Hu…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Thanks! I guess I’m grateful that our erstwhile colleague Brian Geltzeiler didn’t have access to this in 1980. Armed with it, he would, so to speak, have blown our piddling reports out of the water. LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. “only to discover, to our chagrin, that there had in fact been fighting over the Aleutian Islands” Dashiell Hammett was stationed there during the war and was actually co-author of this report about the battle: Cl…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. That’s because you’re trying to imagine an “or” rather than an “and.” LikeLike

In reply to mlyoung57. That you remember these teachers so vividly suggests that they succeeded as educators. What you’re describing is exactly what these Boards of Education are trying to run out of town. I liked all of my grade school teachers,…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. I’m trying to imagine you as a Buddhist, a madrasa Qur’an teacher, or a Presbyterian Vacation Bible School teacher, and somehow failing on all three counts. LikeLiked by 1 person

There is pretty much no such thing as a good teacher who does not put their personality on display in a way that helps engage. Often, this comes with quite a bit of personal conviction and belief, but the issue of when expressing such (and which such) …