by Publius | May 1, 2018 | Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Rod Dreher | (Source) This is news: Summit Ministries has relocated a summer program from Biola University to another state. Why? From the press release: For more than 55 years, Summit Ministries has held conferences at its headquarters in Manitou Springs, Colo.,...
by Publius | Mar 5, 2018 | Grey Matter, Posts
By James D. Agresti | (Source) In a New York Times column entitled “How to Reduce Shootings,” Nicholas Kristof writes, “It is true that guns are occasionally used to stop violence. But contrary to what the National Rifle Association suggests, this is rare. One study...
by Publius | Jul 3, 2017 | Grey Matter
By Michelle Cretella (Source) | Transgender politics have taken Americans by surprise, and caught some lawmakers off guard. Just a few short years ago, not many could have imagined a high-profile showdown over transgender men and women’s access to single-sex bathrooms...
by Publius | May 13, 2017 | Grey Matter
By R.J. Snell (Source) In his widely discussed book Excellent Sheep, William Deresiewicz ponders why the interests and imagined possibilities of so many students tend to narrow rather than expand during higher education. As freshmen, he notes, many enter with big...
by Publius | May 10, 2017 | Grey Matter
(Source) | This intense film reveals the personal side of a public persona When the world sees a teenager rooting for change, they are moved by the very effort. But sometimes they (the world) ends up ignoring what’s gone behind bringing about that change. We forget...
by Publius | May 10, 2017 | Grey Matter
By Lisa Kennedy | Source Ann Coulter’s canceled Berkeley speech has set off a delightful firestorm, and now we are in the midst of an absurd free speech debate that’s opened an oozing chasm on the left. The recent protests on college campuses from Berkeley...
