by Publius | Jul 7, 2021 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Micah Meadowcroft | (Source) I don’t think it will come as too much of a surprise to anyone if I say that in high school I was a dedicated fan of the band Mumford & Sons. Americana instrumental flourishes (banjo rock solos) paired with a decidedly Anglo...
by Publius | Jun 30, 2021 | Critical Thinking, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Dan Gelernter | (Source) I don’t need an AR-15 for hunting: It’s not even legal to take a deer with one in my state—the caliber is too small. I also don’t need an AR-15 for self-defense, though I’d want to have one if someone broke into my house. And I certainly...
by Publius | Jun 9, 2021 | Critical Thinking, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Mark Mercer | (Source) To my students: University students should be free from threat of institutional censure to state any opinion they wish and to state their opinions using whatever language they wish. At our university, however, students do not enjoy this...
by Publius | Jun 2, 2021 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Mark Bauerlein | (Source) As many of our readers who are parents know, it’s college planning time, and high school seniors scanning the amenities of the campuses they’ve chosen may be surprised by a particular feature they hadn’t expected: dorms and events for...
by Publius | May 12, 2021 | Critical Thinking, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Micah Meadowcroft | (Source) Everyone wants to be special, but they also want to be normal. This is not only the paradox of life in mass society, but that of human nature, too. We learn to desire what others desire. Our forms of rebellion against the conventional...
by Publius | Apr 28, 2021 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Carl Trueman | (Source) Karl Marx looked at the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century and declared that all that was solid seemed to be melting into air, but witnesses of the Cultural Revolution of the twenty-first century might be tempted to respond...
