by Laurie Bluedorn | Jan 15, 2013 | History, Literature
Read here below some excerpts from an ancient piece of literature titled On Water. Something is definitely not right. Can you guess what that is? Frontinus (Sextus Julius Frontinus) C. A.D. 40-103 Frontinus was a Roman soldier and author. He served as governor of...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Dec 22, 2012 | Art, History
Antoine Lavoisier — conducted experiments that showed that respiration was essentially a slow combustion of organic material using inhaled oxygen.
by Laurie Bluedorn | Nov 30, 2012 | Art, History
Jenner: Smallpox is Stemmed painting by Robert A. Thom Edward Jenner, the inventor of the smallpox vaccine, is shown injecting his first patient, James Phipps in 1796 using fluid obtained from scratches on the hand of dairymaid Sarah Nelmes, standing behind...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 17, 2012 | Classical Education, History
The Protestant denominations trace their origins back to Martin Luther, the Christian reformer. His reforms touched on many things, not the least of which was education. Here, cast into the form of an interview, and using his own characteristically forceful and...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 28, 2012 | Children's Books, History, Literature
Could you recommend a good read-aloud about the life of Martin Luther? Someone gave us a book about him, but it is more like a textbook, which doesn’t make for interesting read-aloud sessions — for any of us! L.J. Here’s my favorite Martin Luther...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 25, 2012 | History, Ron Paul
Long ago I found this essay in an old newletter of some sort. From Religious Denominations by Mr. Belcher: In Ray’s Baptist Succession is given a description of the defense of John Walker, Lewis Craig and James Childs, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. On June...
