Basic Ed

The Mythology of the Mind

Neuromyths: Why is there still so much we don’t understand about the mind? References for this episode can be found on my site: https://basiceducationseries.com/mythology-of-the-mind-references/

AI: The Death of Reason

Some worry that a super intelligent AI will soon rule the world. The real danger might be that AI will simply destroy human intelligence.

The Infiltration of Education

Once upon a time America taught its young people by following proven methods that had worked beautifully for centuries. What went wrong?

Introduction to Basic Ed

US education ranks dead last among developed nations. The Basic Ed podcast intends to create a renaissance in education. Welcome to Basic Ed.

Who is Destroying the Health of our Youth?

We are not getting healthier, we are getting sicker. American children are predicted to not outlive their parents for the first time in history.

DEI Goes Underground

Rooting out DEI requires more than a key word search. DEI is buried deep into educational, corporate and government material and culture.

How Education Became Indoctrination

Once education included free will and the spiritual nature of man. An individual, taught how to think rationally, could make rational choices.

Redefining Literacy

Originally published as an article on World Net Daily: The Tower of Psycho-babble in Education by Ed Thompson

Living Color

A Poem for the New Year

Holiday Tradition

Holiday Spirit

May your home know joy and every room ring with laughter. For more poetry, short stories and novels by Jack Thompson, visit Crackerjack Bookstore.

The War for Your Mind

Once you compromise your integrity it becomes easy to be transformed by whatever environment the overlords manufacture, whether real or imagined.

Newsela - Mind Molding Kids

The Newsela educational program slides in on the innocence of youth and brings bias and indoctrination in through the back door.

Lord of the Flies

They are taught that hard work, competition, and excellence are tools of the oppressors to keep them down. They are taught to feel entitled.

Idiocracy

When the lack of intelligence makes the slow climb to the top of our institutions and our government it is time to sit up and take notice.

The Name Game

What started 50 years ago with homophobia, now includes Islamophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, fatphobia and whorephobia. All require treatment.

The Mind of a Child

There is talk of a mental health crisis among our youth. Is it any wonder with all they are subjected to?

An Electrifying Tale

Name one good reason why you would send potentially harmful electric voltage through a child’s brain. Bet you can’t. So leave them kids alone.

Kamikaze Culture

US suicides are at an all time high. What you can be sure of is that the supposed authorities on the mind are wrong about the cause and the cure.

Word Jujitsu

The woke left’s butchering of language would make Alice in Wonderland proud. Left is right, up is down and right is wrong. Don’t be fooled.