by jstewardfree | Feb 12, 2014 | Grey Matter
Will the printed book disappear due to the eBook explosion? Are eBook sales flat-lining? Lovers of books continue to worry while eBook readers can’t figure out why printed books persist. The following infographic shows how the traditional hard copy book is...
by jstewardfree | Feb 10, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Pierre Brochu and David A Green | On 14 January 2014 a group of 75 economists, including seven Nobel laureates, released a letter calling for an increase in the US minimum wage (Woellert 2014). At the same time, George Osborne, the Conservative Chancellor of the...
by jstewardfree | Feb 7, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Eric Metaxas | Beyond disturbing. A British court wants to decide the truth of religious beliefs. Don’t believe me? Last week, a British magistrate issued what the Telegraph newspaper called “one of the most unusual documents ever issued by a British court.” What...
by jstewardfree | Feb 5, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Jerome Huyler | Millions today fear the nation is heading in the wrong direction, if not rushing headlong toward calamity. Sensing the urgent need for a dramatic “mid-course” correction, citizens should search for guidance in the doctrines that have...
by jstewardfree | Feb 3, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Bari Weiss | The cultural critic on why ignoring the biological differences between men and women risks undermining Western civilization itself. ‘What you’re seeing is how a civilization commits suicide,” says Camille Paglia. This self-described...
by jstewardfree | Jan 31, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Alan Jacobs | So, about having ideas worth expressing. Let me start by working my way through this passage from C. S. Lewis on the value of reading old books: Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make...
