Category Archives: Education

In Polling, Are We the Margin of Error?

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This commentary was published earlier in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. Please consider subscribing to the publication, whose contents include a Bookshelf of resources for the avocational student of phronesis, or practical wisdom, as described by Aristotle. Here’s a recent … Continue reading →

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Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Numbing

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This is the complete, two-part commentary published today in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. On Substack, part two was published as part of the “Phronesis Plus” supplement behind the paywall for subscribers. Please consider subscribing to support this work. Hear … Continue reading →

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Hold My Bier: It’s Boomer Time

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This commentary was published today in “Phronesis in Pieces,” found at billschmitt.substack. “Generational theory” fascinates me. Think of it as sociological analysis that attempts to interpret America’s story by understanding the subplots interwoven over time by various age groups. These … Continue reading →

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Jesuits See Lives Touched by a Close Call 250 Years Ago

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This article was published in The Tablet, the newspaper of the Diocese of Brooklyn, on July 22, 2023. See the piece at thetablet.org, in a slightly revised form. I have been a freelance writer and editor for the newspaper, published … Continue reading →

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Fake Muse? Finding Allies in Voegelin and Cuomo

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This discussion of philosophy–in ancient times and on the nightly news–appears in the current edition of “Phronesis in Pieces,” my Substack publication at billschmitt.substack.com. Eric Voegelin I want to point out a link I have added to the “Defining Phronesis” section of … Continue reading →

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Quoth Bob Dylan, We’ve Gotta Serve Somebody

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

“Ask what you can do for your country.” If a U.S. president said this today, as President Kennedy did in 1961, it would trigger a negative reaction in some circles. What would we call that reaction, clinically speaking? Depending on … Continue reading →

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Let this Conscience Examine Us

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

He Who Acts Against His Conscience Always Sins — Aquinas Sometimes our courts are our conscience. We should examine our consciences, and we should let our consciences examine us. Our news programs have never been so filled with accounts of … Continue reading →

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Songs That Made the Hit Parade

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

I felt like giving my daughter a present for Father’s Day. It’s the thought that counts, and my thought was about the joy and hope that Mary Schmitt, now 26, has already given not only to me on any given … Continue reading →

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When Cents Make News, News Can Make Sense

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

The following commentary is a preview of a soon-to-be-published edition of “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. This is newsworthy if it’s true: The U.S. Mint has ceased producing pennies. I have reason to believe this might be true, and many … Continue reading →

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12 Top Quotes from World Communications Days (2018-2023)

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

Listen to my conversation with Matt Swaim on the Son Rise Morning Show (5-22-23), discussing World Communications Day. Click here and jump to the 1:39 mark. This commentary was also published 5-21-23 in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. Today is … Continue reading →

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