What The Hell...

is this madness?

😲

Why You Should Read G.K. Chesterton...

...even when it's hard.

BUT here’s the thing: he’s not easy to read—at least not at first. Remember that good physical nutrition presupposes “good chewing” to ensure good digestion. Good intellectual nutrition thus also presupposes “good chewing” to ensure good digestion. Chesterton’s words are like steak, not pudding. Hard work will make your head work, and reading Chesterton is hard head work. Hard work in a Culture Of Convenience might seem inconvenient, but adventuring with Chesterton is worth the rigour. As Chesterton himself says:

“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.” (from “On Running After Ones Hat”)

The G.K. Chesterton Collection (50 books) can be found here for $1.99.

The Everlasting Man can be found here for $4.99.

Chesterton quotations can be found here.

A brief Chesterton biography can be found here.

But even though Chesterton is no longer taught in schools, you cannot consider yourself educated until you have thoroughly read Chesterton. And furthermore, thoroughly reading Chesterton is almost a complete education in itself. Chesterton is indeed a teacher, and the best kind. He doesn’t merely astonish you. He doesn’t just perform the wonder of making you think. He goes beyond that. He makes you laugh.

I'm diving in. If I'm not back by Christmas, send in the St. Bernard.

Mizzou-Hoisted On Their Own Petard

Mizzou is taking it on the chin after their stunningly stupid handling of the "protests" there.

The school is braced for a 25 percent drop in new students this coming fall, forcing the institution to enact painful budget cuts, as well as hiring and salary freezes.

“We do know that the events of last fall have had an effect on our application numbers; however, it’s difficult to provide a specific number as we do not have any hard data," University of Missouri spokesman Christian Basi said in a statement to Foxnews.com.

That's not the only place they'll lose revenue; it occurs to me that their legions of sports fans will stop attending events and stop buying shirts and hats, as well as other items emblazoned with the Tiger logo. And alumni financial support? This could also be a huge "ouch".

The financial price could ultimately be catastrophic, which is a shame. It WAS a good school that we in flyover land proudly supported.

And this. So much THIS:

“College enrollment is declining overall – perhaps because high school graduates are realizing trivial courses that lecture on “white privilege” and “queer liberation” – just to name two – don’t help one much with employment and real-world problems,” Kyle Olson, founder and head of the Education Action group and news site EAGnews.org, told FoxNews.com.

He adds that the same can be true of the microcosm of Mizzou.

“Do most reasonable people want classmates who parade through the library finger-waving about the supposed evils of whiteness – or professors who threaten the safety of their students and undermining the very tenant that protects their profession for which she is training them: the First Amendment?” he asked.

Ignore That. It Will End.

H/T: IOTW