https://bluecerealeducation.com Sun, 04 Jun 2023 20:23:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://files.bluecerealeducation.com/2023/06/BowlIcon.png https://bluecerealeducation.com 32 32 https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/gettysburg-address-part-three-lincolns-big/ Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:33:34 +0000 http://localhost:8888/bluecerealwp/blog/gettysburg-address-part-three-lincolns-big/ Continue reading The Gettysburg Address, Part Three (Lincoln’s Big ‘But’)]]> 149 https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/intermission-gettysburg-address-part-two/ https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/intermission-gettysburg-address-part-two/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2015 01:04:47 +0000 http://localhost:8888/bluecerealwp/blog/intermission-gettysburg-address-part-two/ Lincoln points to the year of the Declaration of Independence – the ‘birth’ of our nation and a written statement not only of rebellion, but of ideals. The Constitution has rules about running for the Senate and requiring the various states to play nicely together; the Declaration proclaims all men were created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. The Constitution is functional, but birthed in compromise and politics. The Declaration is idealistic and uninterested in practicalities – it glows and pretty music plays whenever we close our eyes and call its name three times.]]> https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/intermission-gettysburg-address-part-two/feed/ 1 148 https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/intermission-gettysburg-address-part-one/ Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:50:04 +0000 http://localhost:8888/bluecerealwp/blog/intermission-gettysburg-address-part-one/ Continue reading The Gettysburg Address, Part One (After Everett)]]> 147 https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/useful-fictions-part-i/ Thu, 01 May 2014 14:58:57 +0000 http://localhost:8888/bluecerealwp/blog/useful-fictions-part-i/ 71