by Publius | Mar 25, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Critical Thinking, Grey Matter
By The Wade Center Blog | (Source) The world is currently experiencing a unique and unsettling time with the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). As you are aware, most businesses have closures or limited services, cultural and social centers such as libraries and...
by Publius | Mar 4, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Critical Thinking, Grey Matter
By Adam J. Macleod | (Source) Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren threw kerosene on the culture war’s embers with a recent quip about marriage. An official for a sexual-identity activist group asked her what she would say to someone who believes that marriage is...
by Publius | Dec 18, 2019 | Contemporary Culture, Critical Thinking, Grey Matter
By John Stonestreet | (Source) Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is known for trolling the art world. One his projects featured an 18-karat-gold toilet. The toilet, valued at $6 million, was stolen in September. His newest project sold for $120,000 but didn’t fare...
by Publius | Nov 13, 2019 | Critical Thinking, Grey Matter, Natural Science
By Roberto Rivera | (Source) Last week, more than 11 thousand scientists issued a report entitled “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency.” The message of the report was that the planet is on the brink of a “catastrophic ‘hothouse Earth,’ well beyond the...
by Publius | Sep 25, 2019 | Contemporary Culture, Critical Thinking, Grey Matter
By Alan McLaughlin | (Source) To capitulate on pronouns is not an act of charity. It is rather the total surrender of the world, in a word. In today’s public communication climate, something as quotidian and unimpeachable as calling a girl “she” constitutes an...
