Comments for Simply Charly Blog http://www.simplycharly.com/Blog Simply Charly Blog Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:41:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Comment on Adam Smith: A Moral Philosopher by lawlor http://www.simplycharly.com/Blog/economics/adam-smith-a-moral-philosopher/comment-page-1/#comment-7520 lawlor Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:41:05 +0000 http://www.simplycharly.com/Blog/uncategorized/adam-smith-a-moral-philosopher/#comment-7520 Dear Nita. Nice essay on Smith. I agree with you that one cannot hope to fully understand Smith without realizing that he was a Moral Philosopher (and what that means) and without reading the ToMS. You may be interested to know that I teach a whole course at Wake Forest University (NC, USA) on the Moral Philosophy tradition in economics. We start Smith, only the WON, tomorrow. I have sent your essay to each of the students. Mike Lawlor Dear Nita.

Nice essay on Smith.

I agree with you that one cannot hope to fully understand Smith without realizing that he was a Moral Philosopher (and what that means) and without reading the ToMS.

You may be interested to know that I teach a whole course at Wake Forest University (NC, USA) on the Moral Philosophy tradition in economics. We start Smith, only the WON, tomorrow. I have sent your essay to each of the students.

Mike Lawlor

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]]> Comment on FEDERAL STIMULUS PACKAGE FOR THE ARTS IS MUSIC TO STUDENTS’ EARS by driver http://www.simplycharly.com/Blog/education/federal-stimulus-package-for-the-arts-is-music-to-students%e2%80%99-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-7480 driver Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:06:00 +0000 http://www.simplycharly.com/Blog/?p=98#comment-7480 Stop playing up the "enrichment" aspect and play up the "makes kids smarter and better" aspect. Even a NASCAR dad would want his kid's math scores to improve, and if music does it, go for it. Shouldn't be that hard to put across. Stop playing up the “enrichment” aspect and play up the “makes kids smarter and better” aspect. Even a NASCAR dad would want his kid’s math scores to improve, and if music does it, go for it. Shouldn’t be that hard to put across.

]]> Comment on WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE WITH GOOD SPELLING by driver http://www.simplycharly.com/Blog/education/watch-your-language-with-good-spelling/comment-page-1/#comment-7479 driver Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:37:10 +0000 http://www.simplycharly.com/Blog/?p=104#comment-7479 Read good writing! If you stick with 19th- and 20th-century authors such as Twain, Mencken, E. B. White, any of the great magazines of the period such as Collier's or Harper's or Esquire--you'll find plenty of perfectly spelled grammatically correct sentences! A whole slew--or slough--of them! Dump the Grisham and King--no great speller he. Explore Farrell and Steinbeck and Poe. Read enough good writing and your own will reflect it. Your eyes will tell you! Read good writing! If you stick with 19th- and 20th-century authors such as Twain, Mencken, E. B. White, any of the great magazines of the period such as Collier’s or Harper’s or Esquire–you’ll find plenty of perfectly spelled grammatically correct sentences! A whole slew–or slough–of them!

Dump the Grisham and King–no great speller he. Explore Farrell and Steinbeck and Poe. Read enough good writing and your own will reflect it. Your eyes will tell you!

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