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 18, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Economics and Enterprise, Grey Matter
By Annie Holmquist | (Source) Just a few weeks ago I was surprised to see a headline indicating American confidence had increased over the past few years. The following chart from a January Gallup poll gives a glimpse into that confidence: How quickly things change....
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 | Feb 26, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Mary Eberstadt| (Source) This essay is adapted from a speech delivered January 25, 2020, at the first annual meeting of The David Project, a new pro-life organization whose members represent every Ivy League campus. Who are the true radicals of our time? Not...
by Publius | Feb 19, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Megan Briggs | (Source) Arthur Brooks, a Harvard professor and former president of the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute (AEI), delivered a timely speech at this year’s National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. on February 6, 2020. Brooks,...
by Publius | Feb 12, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Family, Grey Matter
By Dennis Prager | (Source) I began part one of “Why Are So Many Young People Unhappy?” with data showing the apparently unprecedentedly high rate of unhappiness among young people in America (and elsewhere, but I am focusing on America). The rates of suicide,...