by Prof. Jack Lewis | Jul 15, 2015 | Grey Matter
“To know the comic we must know the rational.” —Molière By Anthony Sacramone | So everyone’s heard by now that Jerry Seinfeld has joined the chorus of comics disturbed by the censorious culture on college campuses, such that they are refusing to play these venues...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Jul 8, 2015 | Grey Matter
By Anthony Esolen | “We participate in being without remainder,” says the aging Reverend John Ames, the narrator in Marilynne Robinson’s wise and theologically meditative novel Gilead. The mystery of being is inexhaustible. Ames looks out his window at his small son...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Jul 6, 2015 | Grey Matter
By George Will | From columnist George F. Will’s keynote address at the inaugural Disinvitation Dinner, hosted in New York City on April 15 by the William F. Buckley, Jr. Program at Yale to honor those whose invitations to speak at U.S. universities were retracted...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Jul 1, 2015 | Grey Matter
By Sen. Mike Lee | From a speech delivered at the Kirby Center, June 11, 2015 Thank you very much. It’s an honor to be here. Thank you, Matt, for all that you do – through Hillsdale’s Kirby Center – to advance the cause of liberty in our politics, in our schools, and...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Jun 24, 2015 | Grey Matter
By R.J. Snell | In a recent essay, Mark Shiffman notes that in the fiercely competitive but nonetheless gloomy context in which university students find themselves, many opt to “major in fear.” Fear that they won’t find work or pay off student loans. Fear of lost...
