The Ideal Curriculum

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit arslibri.substack.com Can any good stories be written in the age of cell phones, social media, and the internet? We explore ways of knowing prior to and after the advent of new technologies and discuss why all good stories are based on a…

A classic middle-grade fantasy with some intense moments and moral questions about responsibility and war. Although a popular book, it contains a good deal of lying and presents lies in a sympathetic light. Strongly suggest parents read this book with their children and/or talk to their children ab…

Crime and Punishment is a psychological novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky that follows Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg who murders an unscrupulous pawnbroker, believing himself to be a superior being exempt from moral law. Tormented by intense guilt and paranoia, Raskolni…