Adam's Curse
Patrick B. Whalen"There is no fine thing since Adam's fall but needs much laboring." Adam's Curse is written by Patrick B. Whalen — Marine veteran, educator, and founder of Iliad Athletics. These essays move between poetry, physical formation, leadership, and education.
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Internal or External Ideals: The Hero or the Victim
This essay is adapted from remarks I delivered at the Livingston Classical Academy Commencement, 2026.
Like many occasions that call for celebration, a commencement marks the crossing of a threshold. When we approach a threshold to...
Exhortations to Excellence
In 2007 I was finishing up the Marine Corps’ School of Infantry, my last stop before joining an infantry unit in the operational forces, or “the fleet” as we called it. I was the “guide” for my platoon which meant that I was the trainee res...
Homecoming in Two Poems
I’m writing a little early for Memorial Day this year. Knowing how busy the end of this month will be, I wanted to be sure to pay my small tribute, such as it is, to the fallen.
In 2015 I was still a year away from leaving active d...
Expeditionary Education Part 2: Brass Tacks
The first essay I wrote on Expeditionary Education described a vision of integrated, motivated, and experiential education galvanized by specific missions. You might hate the idea—fair enough. But if you loved it and found yourself thinking...
Expeditionary Education
You might know that I work in education — have built curriculum, founded schools, run operations. But education is also interesting to me as an object of play or leisure. It's almost like a sandbox in which I like to play, thinking about th...
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