The Morans “unschool” on an abandoned Boy Scout camp, where they live in rural Arkansas. Courtesy of Taylor Moran
Raising homeschooled kids on an abandoned Boy Scout camp means never having clean hands – as they build log cabins, tree stump sundials, and a lifetime of memories of fishing by the creek.
The microbes in dirt are great for kids!
So says Taylor Moran, 33, who graduated to be a public school teacher but opted out of teaching in public schools. She prefers to educate her children at home, ideally outdoors. She believes microbes build our immune systems and help our brains produce serotonin. Continue reading
~ The Forefathers’ Finances ~
Have you ever heard someone use the phrase “Go Local”? The concept, which encourages supporting local industries and businesses, has grown in popularity over the years with people of all political persuasions.
My entire family was invited to a graduation party over the weekend. Such an invitation is nothing out of the ordinary; what made this invitation unique was that the graduate was a third-generation member of a long-standing friendship – his grandparents were neighbors of my parents for more than 40 years.
In 2007, President George W. Bush dedicated a memorial in Washington DC to the 100 million people murdered by communism over the past century. Here is a portion of what he offered in remembrance of those victims: