Volume 2, No. 2: Summer 2007
From the Editor, Summer 2007
Welcome to the Summer issue of The Objective Standard. I find myself writing this brief note on Memorial Day, the holiday dedicated to remembering American soldiers who have lost their lives in defense of American interests (or the supposition thereof). This somber day is made all the more somber by the fact that Americans have learned so little from th…
Letters and Replies, Summer 2007
Incidental to Robert Mayhew’s article “The Rise and Fall of Ancient Greek Justice,” Hillel, a famous rabbi who lived in the 1st century BC, reputedly was asked if he could summarize Hebrew law (i.e., the Torah) while standing on one foot. His alleged reply was, “Do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you.”
The False Promise of Classical Education
In E. D. Hirsch’s best-selling book Cultural Literacy, he cites a Washington Post article titled “The Cheerful Ignorance of the Young in L.A.” in which the author says:
The False Promise of Classical Education
The print edition of the Summer issue of TOS is at press and will be mailed shortly; the online version will be accessible to subscribers on June 20. For promotional purposes, we are making Lisa VanDamme’s “The False Promise of Classical Education” available early and to all. Here are the first few paragraphs of Ms. VanDamme’s essay:
