by jstewardfree | May 21, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Br. Aquinas Beale, O.P. | Teach us to understand the sinfulness of our own Hearts, and bring to our knowledge every fault of Temper and every evil Habit in which we have indulged to the discomfort of our fellow-creatures, and the danger of our own Souls. —from Jane...
by jstewardfree | May 19, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Stephen Moore | ‘We don’t do debt here,’ says College of the Ozarks President Jerry C. Davis. Looking for the biggest bargain in higher education? I think I found it in this rural Missouri town, 40 miles south of Springfield, nestled in the...
by jstewardfree | May 14, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Michael Ward | The potential tyranny of big government is not the only constitutional danger facing Western democracies. In Norman Maclean’s fly fishing novella, A River Runs Through It, Maclean suggests (echoing some Native American traditions) that fishing...
by jstewardfree | May 12, 2014 | Grey Matter
By D.C. Innes | I own books. Many books. They are the tools of my academic trade. But they are also the highways of my political and even spiritual liberty. Access to my books is like my access to air. Seizing my books would be worse than placing me under house...
by jstewardfree | May 7, 2014 | Grey Matter
By James Pethokoukis | Entrepreneurial activity is down, but more of those starting businesses lately are doing so because they spy a market opportunity than because they just lost their job. According to the annual Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, the...
by jstewardfree | May 5, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Barnabas Piper | DeSean Jackson is an explosive wide receiver known for big plays and blazing speed. Last season was the best of his career with the Philadelphia Eagles: He caught more than 80 passes for 1,300 yards and scored nine touchdowns. In this era of...