by Publius | Jun 3, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter
By Walter E. Williams | (Source) Black politicians, civil rights leaders, and their white liberal advocates have little or no interest in doing anything effective to deal with what’s no less than an education crisis among black students. In city after city with...
by Publius | May 20, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Critical Thinking, Grey Matter
By Bradley J. Birzer | (Source) Better to go out with a bang than a wimper? Dating back to the roots of Christianity we have always been obsessed with ‘The End.’ In the year 793, Catholic monks made the following report, all of it disturbing. “In this...
by Publius | May 13, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, History and Tradition
By Glenn Moots| (Source) Prompted by student petitions, government orders, and recommendations of epidemiologists, America launched its largest-ever simultaneous educational experiment in March: it took K–12 and postsecondary education online. Though many hoped the...
by Publius | May 6, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Family, Grey Matter
By Annie Holmquist | (Source) A few years ago, my church nursery had an influx of little boys, all born within a few months of each other. Nursery duty in the weeks before that cadre outgrew it was, well… energetic. Everything was visibly quieter when they left. The...
by Publius | Apr 29, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter
By Deanna Briody | (Source) “How can I find you on Facebook?” “I don’t have one.” Shock. Incomprehension. Even more than usual. Marwa’s lively brown eyes were clouded with concern. When she spoke, her voice was hushed, almost strained: “Why not?” How in half a...
by Publius | Apr 1, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Family, Grey Matter
By L.S. Dugdale | (Source) A National Hospice Foundation survey some years ago found that Americans are more inclined to discuss safe sex and drugs with their children than they are to talk with their terminally ill parents about preparing for death. Although this...