Homeschooling for Life—September 2005 by Chronicles • September 1, 2005 • Printer-friendly

PERSPECTIVE

It Takes an Autodidact
by Thomas Fleming

Adventures in life-long learning.

VIEWS

The Communion of Saints
by Michael McMahon
Journeying together.

The Autodidact at Work and Play
by Chilton Williamson, Jr.
Reflections on the writerly life.

I’m Just a Travelin’ Man
by Derek Turner
Education through wanderlust.

Confessions of an Autodidact
by David Gordon
A place to start.

American Historians and Their History
by Clyde Wilson
Scratching the fleas.

NEWS

Outsourcing Parenthood
by Beverly Eakman
Thou has conquered, O Boomer.

REVIEWS

The Imperial Trajectory
by Jerry Woodruff

Andrew J. Bacevich: The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War

plus

Derek Turner on Keith Sutherland’s The Party’s Over: Blueprint for a Very English Revolution

James O. Tate on Ronald and Allis Radosh’s Red Star Over Hollywood: The Film Colony’s Long Romance With the Left

Fr. Michael P. Orsi on Gordon S. Wood’s The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin

CORRESPONDENCE

Letter From Queensland: Bland Rube Triumphant
by R.J. Stove

Letter From Alabama: Whose Security?
by J. Michael Hill

VITAL SIGNS

THE COURTS: Crying “Halt!”
by Stephen B. Presser

EDUCATION: You Can’t Always Get What You Want
by Nicole Kooistra

COLUMNS

SINS OF OMISSION
by Roger D. McGrath

THE ROCKFORD FILES
by Scott P. Richert

THE AMERICAN INTEREST
by Srdja Trifkovic

IN THE DARK
War of the Worlds
by George McCartney

DEPARTMENTS

POLEMICS & EXCHANGES
AMERICAN PROSCENIUM
CULTURAL REVOLUTIONS

POETRY
On the High Road, Highway
and We Are Here
by B.R. Strahan

ON THE COVER

Cover and inside illustrations by Melanie Anderson. Additional inside illustrations by Elizabeth Wolf.