by Publius | Jan 20, 2021 | Family, Grey Matter, History and Tradition
By Malcolm Salovaara | (Source) Sometime during college, I decided to become a farmer. Upon graduating, I moved back in with my parents and began to farm their sixty-acre property. Although I did not know it at the time–indeed, I believed my unusual decision to be...
by Publius | Jan 13, 2021 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Philip Carl Salzman| (Source) In an otherwise excellent article ridiculing another journalist who was “canceling” restauranteurs with the wrong ethnicity for the ethnic food they were producing, Jonathan Kay expressed his perplexity about the meaning of “cultural...
by Publius | Jan 6, 2021 | Course and Scholarship Updates
By David Heddendorf| (Source) Mr. Munson owned a 1966 Mustang convertible that he bought after seeing an ad in the local paper. All his friends congratulated him on an excellent deal. He loved his Mustang for its looks and for the way it drove, but he didn’t know...
by Publius | Dec 31, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Walter E. Williams | (Source) Several years ago, Project Baltimore began an investigation of Baltimore’s school system. What it found was an utter disgrace. In 19 of Baltimore’s 39 high schools, out of 3,804 students, only 14 of them, or less than 1%, were...
by Publius | Dec 23, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Critical Thinking, Grey Matter
By David Butterfield | (Source) “A habit of mind is formed which lasts through life, of which the attributes are freedom, equitableness, calmness, moderation, and wisdom . . . This is the main purpose of a University in its treatment of its students.” —J. H....