As modern poetry has often been stereotyped as focusing primarily on subjective concerns, this week’s RTF guest lecturer Hall Gardner will lecture briefly on the simple, but seemingly overlooked, fact that geopolitical issues and wars have influenced poets at least since the oral histories of “Homer” and the late Beowolf poet., among many others. He…
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Insights into the Human Heart, Tragedy and Wisdom with Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida
On Sunday March 1, 2026, The Rising Tide Foundation hosted the poet, philosopher, lawyer and essayist Carey Jobe in an examination of Shakespeare’s immortal tragedy ‘Troilus and Cresida’. Written in the early 1600s, at roughly the same time as Hamlet and King Lear, Troilus and Cressida is one of Shakespeare’s most challenging plays. It is…
The Pursuit of Happiness – From Dante and Erasmus to Leibniz and Ben Franklin
This Sunday February 1, 2026, historian Uwe Alschner (author at The Benefit of the Other) presented the Rising Tide Foundation lecture of the week followed by a robust Q and A session with everyone in the live audience. What are the principled ideas that have positively shaped the long arc of human history and liberated…
RTF Spring 2026 Anthology Now Available: Conquering Tyranny and Defeating Tragedy (in Hardcover and paperback)
Cynthia and I are proud to announce the publication of the second Rising Tide Foundation Anthology ‘The Art of Liberty’ with a theme of ‘Conquering Tyranny and Defeating Tragedy’. In this epic 200 page special report, you will be introduced to a sweeping overview of universal history with a fresh look at Plato’s fight against the Temple…
Strategic Thinking for the Arctic in the 21st Century and Beyond (Peter Scholz Lecture)
Urban planner, rail consultant and visionary Peter Scholz delivers a groundbreaking lecture to the Rising Tide Foundation about his grand strategy for Canada’s arctic. This lecture includes Peter’s intersectional analysis which blends a deep understanding of Canada’s amazing resource potential, rail development potential, topographical features, mineralogical, climatological, sociological, cultural and economic dynamics. Considerations about delusional…
From the Beautiful to the Sublime: On Schiller’s “The Guides of Life”
By David Gosselin Two kinds of genius may escort you throughout life.True Goodness falls on him who lets them lead as one.Beauty enlivens and makes brief the winding road;Duty and fate grow lighter with her by your side—She leads with gracefulness and laughter to the edge.And there, mortality waits by eternal seas.There, you’ll discover the Sublime—daring and…
Comets Colliding: Schubert & Brahms Set Schiller and Heine
By David Gosselin These are two of the finest examples of German Lieder I’ve encountered. Perhaps no art form has succeeded in uniting poetry and music more effectively than the 19th century tradition of German classical art songs. A careful study of this form of creative expression and dialogue between the greatest poets and musical…
Profiles in Poetry: Friedrich Schiller
By David Gosselin “Trust me, the fountain of youth, it is no fable. It is running Truly and always. Ye ask, where? In poetical art.” – Friedrich Schiller, The Fountain of Youth Friedrich Schiller was born on November 10th, 1759 in Marbach, Württemberg. He was without question one of the greatest poets and dramatists to…
Education as the Cause of Political Freedom – The Brethren of the Common Life
We all know that human society is littered with dark ages, renaissances, fallen empires, and brilliant revolutionary bursts of progress, increased liberty and creative freedom. But what is the ‘secret sauce’ that allows a fallen society to rise and generate such powerful artistic, scientific and political minds capable of leading humanity into greater harmony with…
Franklin vs British East India Co. Slavery and Origins of Continental Congress (Colin Lowry Lecture)
Historian, lecturer Colin Lowry “How did Anti-Slavery and the Struggle Against the British East India Company Lead to the First Continental Congress in 1774? Ben Franklin’s International Role” Colin Lowry will continue his father’s breakthrough historical discoveries (outlined in How the Nation Was Won vol 1) and will focus on the strategic genius of Benjamin…