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![Email1Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST Anchor.fm Spotify iTunes In the wake of recent events regarding the tragic death of George Floyd and the ensuing protests, this letter seems […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-13-at-6.20.43-PM-36x36.png "On Becoming Sheepdogs, a Modern Fable")
On Becoming Sheepdogs, a Modern Fable
Posted on June 13, 2020 | 1 CommentEmail1Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST Anchor.fm Spotify iTunes In the wake of recent events regarding the tragic death of George Floyd and the ensuing protests, this letter seems […]
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![Email3Facebook5Twitter1Reddit2X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST SPOTIFY ITUNES ANCHOR.FM THE TROLLEY PROBLEM The Trolley thought experiment, first put forth by the philosopher Philippa Foot, pits two schools of moral thought […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-10.13.35-PM-36x36.png "Are We Killing the Fat Man? The Corona Trolley Dilemma")
Are We Killing the Fat Man? The Corona Trolley Dilemma
Posted on April 18, 2020 | 14 CommentsEmail3Facebook5Twitter1Reddit2X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST SPOTIFY ITUNES ANCHOR.FM THE TROLLEY PROBLEM The Trolley thought experiment, first put forth by the philosopher Philippa Foot, pits two schools of moral thought […]
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![Email0Facebook1Twitter4Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 “Scout” Finch’s first day in school exposes the pretentious and often hollow ambitions behind progressive education in the 1930s and today. The beloved characters from Harper Lee’s […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scout-Atticus-36x36.jpg "Why Scout Finch Hates School – the Best Novel of the Century and Progressive Education")
Why Scout Finch Hates School – the Best Novel of the Century and Progressive Education
Posted on October 16, 2015 | 2 CommentsEmail0Facebook1Twitter4Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 “Scout” Finch’s first day in school exposes the pretentious and often hollow ambitions behind progressive education in the 1930s and today. The beloved characters from Harper Lee’s […]
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![Email0Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 Does she or doesn’t she? Do you recognize this from the 1956 ad campaign? Does it elicit unsavory thoughts? This Hall-of-Fame advertising slogan was used for Clairol’s […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-25-at-12.35.08-AM-115x115.png "Poetry Dinner Night – A Quarantine Scene")
Poetry Dinner Night – A Quarantine Scene
Posted on April 25, 2020 | No CommentsEmail0Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 Does she or doesn’t she? Do you recognize this from the 1956 ad campaign? Does it elicit unsavory thoughts? This Hall-of-Fame advertising slogan was used for Clairol’s […] -
![Email3Facebook5Twitter1Reddit2X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST SPOTIFY ITUNES ANCHOR.FM THE TROLLEY PROBLEM The Trolley thought experiment, first put forth by the philosopher Philippa Foot, pits two schools of moral thought […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-10.13.35-PM-115x115.png "Are We Killing the Fat Man? The Corona Trolley Dilemma")
Are We Killing the Fat Man? The Corona Trolley Dilemma
Posted on April 18, 2020 | 14 CommentsEmail3Facebook5Twitter1Reddit2X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST SPOTIFY ITUNES ANCHOR.FM THE TROLLEY PROBLEM The Trolley thought experiment, first put forth by the philosopher Philippa Foot, pits two schools of moral thought […] -
![Email2Facebook4Twitter0Reddit2X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST Spotify Anchor.fm iTunes Today’s letter is for high school seniors, for my son and his classmates, for my friends’ children, for Andrew and for […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-23-at-6.52.13-PM-115x115.png "For the Class of 2020 During the Pandemic, a Poem and a Mother’s Wish")
For the Class of 2020 During the Pandemic, a Poem and a Mother’s Wish
Posted on March 23, 2020 | 4 CommentsEmail2Facebook4Twitter0Reddit2X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST Spotify Anchor.fm iTunes Today’s letter is for high school seniors, for my son and his classmates, for my friends’ children, for Andrew and for […] -
![Email0Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST iTunes Spotify Anchor.fm ** A child’s note, three gifts from a parent, and Tolstoy’s famous story ** I stumbled upon a note […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screen-Shot-2020-02-28-at-8.34.49-PM-115x115.png "The Three Gifts – So what have you learned in 50 years?")
The Three Gifts – So what have you learned in 50 years?
Posted on February 29, 2020 | No CommentsEmail0Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST iTunes Spotify Anchor.fm ** A child’s note, three gifts from a parent, and Tolstoy’s famous story ** I stumbled upon a note […] -
![Email0Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST iTunes Spotify Anchor.fm You ever have that moment when something you’ve believed for some time begins to shift and slip, leaving you a bit […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Adams-Founders-John-and-Abigail-115x115.jpg "On Presidents, Politics and War, and Poetry")
On Presidents, Politics and War, and Poetry
Posted on February 13, 2020 | No CommentsEmail0Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST iTunes Spotify Anchor.fm You ever have that moment when something you’ve believed for some time begins to shift and slip, leaving you a bit […] -
![Email0Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE on PODCAST Anchor.fm Spotify iTunes My friend’s daughter Sue left to attend the University of Rochester this fall and had shared a story. The school […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-21-at-5.59.07-PM-115x115.png "TikTok Connect the Dots – the United States and China")
TikTok Connect the Dots – the United States and China
Posted on November 21, 2019 | 1 CommentEmail0Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE on PODCAST Anchor.fm Spotify iTunes My friend’s daughter Sue left to attend the University of Rochester this fall and had shared a story. The school […] -
![Email1Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 Listen to PODCAST iTunes Spotify I had a teacher in eighth grade named Miss Michaelson. She was a bit long in the tooth and had a jagged […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Spring-115x115.png "On Poetry and Mondegreens and Teenagers")
On Poetry and Mondegreens and Teenagers
Posted on October 10, 2019 | No CommentsEmail1Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 Listen to PODCAST iTunes Spotify I had a teacher in eighth grade named Miss Michaelson. She was a bit long in the tooth and had a jagged […] -
![Email0FacebookTwitter1Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 Location, tuition, rankings, size, program offerings. “What’s the right college for me?” is the question of the season and it’s become so intense, students don’t tell each other […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Brown-115x115.jpg "College Application Season – “What the rankings don’t tell you”")
College Application Season – “What the rankings don’t tell you”
Posted on October 4, 2016 | No CommentsEmail0FacebookTwitter1Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 Location, tuition, rankings, size, program offerings. “What’s the right college for me?” is the question of the season and it’s become so intense, students don’t tell each other […] -
![Email0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 I was looking up the definition of the demonstrative pronoun this last week, and got a lesson in modern American slang. Gestures help with understanding just what this means […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Punctuation-Comic-115x115.jpg "National Punctuation Day – the Vulgar Pronoun – Read THIS")
National Punctuation Day – the Vulgar Pronoun – Read THIS
Posted on September 22, 2016 | No CommentsEmail0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 I was looking up the definition of the demonstrative pronoun this last week, and got a lesson in modern American slang. Gestures help with understanding just what this means […] -
![Email0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 Story 1: There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Two-Fish-water-115x115.jpg "Two Young Fish, Two Guys in a Bar, & David Foster Wallace – The Real Value of a Real Education")
Two Young Fish, Two Guys in a Bar, & David Foster Wallace – The Real Value of a Real Education
Posted on July 13, 2016 | No CommentsEmail0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 Story 1: There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and […]