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Home Is Where the Soup Is
Home Is Where the Soup Is

In his essay collection Heretics, G.K. Chesterton extols, “Once men sang around a table together in chorus. Now one man sings alone, for the absurd reason he can sing better.” In other words, as our scientific age has grown in competency and achievement we have become isolated from the rootedness which gave rise to our confidence in the first place—experts in everything but being human. Can there be any question this is more true today than when Chesterton wrote almost a century ago?

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What I Learned In Jackson Schools
What I Learned In Jackson Schools

There is a very special place in my heart for the schools in Jackson, Tennessee. From elementary school at Andrew Jackson to middle school at Tigrett and high school and college at Jackson Central-Merry and Union University, I am fully a product of the Jackson-Madison County public school system and West Tennessee higher education.

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EssaysJon Mark WallsJackson TN, Tennessee, West Tennessee, Jon Mark Walls, school, school system, Jackson-Madison County School System, JMCSS, Andrew Jackson Elementary School, Tigrett Middle School, Jackson Central-Merry High School, JCM, Union University, education, public education, teamwork, baseball, athletics, sports, Fesmire Field, European Union, EU, Europe, United Nations, UN, Geneva, France, diplomat, French National Military Academy, London, Paris, Paris France, British House of Lords, Switzerland