by drmontyknight | Oct 6, 2011 | Mental Health
My receding hairline these days reveals a small blue spot above my forehead. And sometimes I’m asked what it is. I explain that it is pencil lead. When I was a 14-year-old high school freshman, an older kid stuck a pencil in my head, a reminder of which my...
by drmontyknight | Sep 28, 2011 | Education
Across five different universities and professional schools and four degrees, I’ve had some pretty good–and some not so good–teachers. Besides the role of parents and a child’s home life, there is an apparent abundance of evidence–not to...
by drmontyknight | Sep 16, 2011 | Communication
Earlier this week, the Republicans who have so far tossed their hats in the ring, seeking their party’s nomination for President in the 2012 election, were debating on national television, sponsored by the so-called “Tea Party.” Along the way,...
by drmontyknight | Sep 9, 2011 | Religion, Culture, and Politics
I often hear it claimed that formal education is a “right.” If, however, one seldom reads a book, how is that so? That’s like calling health care a “right,” even if one smokes two packs a day or eats as much junk food as I do. In fact, a...
by drmontyknight | Aug 22, 2011 | Ethics
My friend, Rob Dillon, a devoted and disciplined Christian, is an evolutionary biologist, a college professor who studies snails, surely one of life’s more practical endeavors. I once asked Rob, “If one of your secular humanist science professor...
