by jstewardfree | Aug 6, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Jesse Saffron | When I first read University of Pennsylvania professor Marybeth Gasman’s June 12 Inside Higher Education op-ed titled “Give the Money Back,” I was baffled by the author’s strong, hyper-political opposition to the Koch brothers’ recent $25 million...
by jstewardfree | Aug 4, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Rachel Sheffield | Among young adults, first comes baby, then (maybe) comes marriage. This increasingly is the new normal. According to a new study from Johns Hopkins University, 57 percent of mothers between 26 and 31 are unmarried when their child is born. But...
by jstewardfree | Aug 1, 2014 | Course and Scholarship Updates
If Christianity is put on the scale of history, does it tip in favor of helpful or harmful? Join Christopher Hitchens and Doug Wilson as they debate this controversial question. AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. Sign in to the class here to learn more...
by jstewardfree | Jul 30, 2014 | Grey Matter
The Clarion Project | A Swedish school has found that immigrant girls have been subjected to severe forms of female genital mutilation (FGM). Since March, school health services in a small Swedish town have seen 60 girls who have been cut, including 30 girls from one...
by jstewardfree | Jul 28, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Marc | It’s probably the most boring piece of social commentary possible — “We have more information at our fingertips than ever before!” — but “available information” is a far cry from information really in-forming us, dwelling within us as a living presence, the...