Science and Civilization in China

Science and Civilization in China

There are many theories about how to answer Needham’s question. Perhaps it was religion? Governmental structures? Language? One answer that some Chinese educators discuss is Western-style liberal arts education. The argument is that a humanities education that...
What Can We Share?

What Can We Share?

What is needed to create the kind of conversation that will help us to be a strong, inventive society?  One answer is that we need something we share. What would that be? Lots of suggestions have been made, although in so large and multiple world many of them...
Law and Humaneness

Law and Humaneness

John Adams—Round-headed but Right. Confucius—Serious Eyebrows When I taught a class in American Law at a Chinese high school I gave my students the United States Constitution to read, and we talked about the Rule of Law. This is the principle that the law is higher...