by jstewardfree | Apr 21, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Patrick J. Buchanan | In the last stanza of “The Battle of Blenheim,” Robert Southey writes: ‘But what good came of it at last?’ Quoth little Peterkin. ‘Why, that I cannot tell,’ said he; ‘But ’twas a famous victory.’ What did it really matter? The poet was asking...
by jstewardfree | Apr 18, 2014 | Course and Scholarship Updates
Everyone has a side, but do you know what the other side says? Learn more about both sides in this study from the Family Research Council. AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. A full press release on this new course can be read here: ...
by jstewardfree | Apr 16, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Bernie Reeves | Recently, a caller to the Diane Rehm Show on NPR repeated the statistic that one in four young women is raped on American college campuses each year. Rehm’s guest, former president Jimmy Carter, actually had said sexual abuse, not rape, but neither...
by jstewardfree | Apr 14, 2014 | Course and Scholarship Updates
What theory best explains life on earth? Is there a designer of life, or is life the random product of natural selection? Experts argue the claims of intelligent design theory. AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. A full press release on this new course can...
by jstewardfree | Apr 14, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Russell Nieli | Modern rhetoric of income inequality is driven by covetous envy that betrays America’s tradition of applauding those who succeed. Caritas, humility, gratitude, and goodwill toward others are a healthy society’s answer to the ancient curses of envy...
by jstewardfree | Apr 9, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Patrick J. Deneen | Rarely do opinion pieces in college newspapers emerge as subjects of national controversy, but a recent essay by Harvard student Sandra Y.L. Korn has generated widespread denunciation among conservatives. Her essay—entitled “The Doctrine of...
