by Phil Houseal | Jul 20, 2022 | All Articles, Education, History, Philosophy
July 20, 2022–I’ve stumbled on a diversion called Today I Learned That, which I acronym as TILT. Unable to resist exploring my own ignorance, I followed where it led, purposefully seeking holes in my knowledge base. There are many. Today I Learned That: Winnie the...
by Phil Houseal | Jul 13, 2022 | All Articles, History, Philosophy
July 13, 2022–Back when I was involved in committees and boards and other collections of people with disparate backgrounds sitting around conference tables making motions and debating by-laws, one of the annoying mixer games we endured at retreats was “guess who this...
by Phil Houseal | Jul 6, 2022 | All Articles, Philosophy
July 6, 2022–Why are we moved by the blues? Or a bird trill in nature? Or the lilt of a violin? Why is there renewed interest in vinyl records? In “This Is The Voice,” author John Colapinto presents research conducted in the 1920s that shows humans are attracted to...
by Phil Houseal | Jul 2, 2022 | All Articles, History, Philosophy
June 29, 2022–If you want to ponder how all common knowledge is probably not true–and by everything, I mean everything told to you by advertisers, the government, scientists, well-meaning aunts, scriptwriters, and neighbors–spend some time listening to 1930s and 1940s...
by Phil Houseal | Jun 22, 2022 | All Articles, History, Philosophy
June 22, 2022–One thing that recent lockdowns, winter storms, shortages of essential products, and economic fluctuations have taught me is this: I am grateful I know how to be poor. Not poor like our parent’s and grandparent’s Depression-era poor, but poor as in “only...
by Phil Houseal | Jun 1, 2022 | All Articles, History, Philosophy
June 1, 2022–As a kid, I expected to see a lot more anvils dropping on heads. Like every child of the black and white TV era, cartoons and comics informed my worldview. Inside the pages of those Sunday funnies and on the Saturday morning Looney Tunes, we learned the...
