by Publius | Sep 15, 2021 | Grey Matter, History and Tradition, Politics and Goverment
By Cobin K. Barthold | (Source) “The main idea of the novel is to portray a positively beautiful man,” Dostoevsky wrote to his niece, in an 1868 letter, of what would become The Idiot. “There is nothing more difficult in the world,” he continued, “and especially...
by Publius | Sep 8, 2021 | Course and Scholarship Updates
By Christopher Roach | (Source) During the rise and fall of the coronavirus last year, vaccines appeared more quickly than expected. Trump’s Operation Warp Speed deserved much of the credit, even though the media was reluctant to give it. Thereafter, the vaccines...
by Publius | Sep 1, 2021 | Course and Scholarship Updates
By Thaddeus G. McCotter | (Source) In an insightful Independence Day Twitter thread, Emily Zanotti expressed her partiality for this provision of the Declaration of Independence: [T]his is my favorite part: ‘And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm...
by Publius | Aug 25, 2021 | Course and Scholarship Updates
By Jeremy Adams | (Source) “Of all crimes that human creatures are capable of committing, the most horrid and unnatural is ingratitude.” – David Hume When I was a boy, my father’s favorite day of the school year was not the last day, but the day before his students...
by Publius | Aug 18, 2021 | Contemporary Culture, Critical Thinking, Grey Matter
By Emina Melonic | (Source) The experience of information consumption has undergone a drastic devolution. News works on the principle of transience; but, if you will pardon the pun, this isn’t news to anyone. In the past, most people were able to differentiate...
by Publius | Jul 28, 2021 | Family, Grey Matter, History and Tradition
By Dwight Lindley | (Source) As recent studies have shown, and numerous anecdotal accounts confirm, the mainstream English department is in declining health, and unsure of how to help itself get better. Many previous commentators have laid bare the structural sins of...
