by Publius | Nov 12, 2014 | Grey Matter
Editor’s note: This is the second of two blogs covering Dr. Lawler’s article from the Federalist.com. The first half can be read here. By Peter Lawler The Technocrat’s Brand of Diversity The technological criticism of political correctness is true...
by Publius | Nov 10, 2014 | Grey Matter
This is the first of two consecutive blog posts by Dr. Lawler in which he examines liberal education and the modern “efficient” education. By Peter Lawler | One of the great prejudices of our time is that direct information is king. But the great books...
by Publius | Nov 8, 2014 | Course and Scholarship Updates
Amidst the arguments about human freedom and human dignity, how do we find a voice that promotes human flourishing? Do we understand the different points of view, and can we value both woman and child? AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. Sign in to the class...
by Publius | Nov 5, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Peter Augustine Lawler | The highly rated CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory compensates for its lack of refinement (it has a laugh track!) with its brains. The show began with characters who were more like caricatures of four types of physical scientists: the...
by Publius | Nov 3, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Rod Dreher | I was late coming to Dante. Never read him in high school or college, and after my formal education ended with my bachelor’s degree, why on earth would I have bothered? As a professional journalist, I read voraciously, but a seven-hundred-year-old poem...