by jstewardfree | Jan 17, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Leslie Ford | An administrative law judge in Denver, Colorado—a state that constitutionally defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman in 2006—has declared that Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, violated the law when he refused to bake a cake...
by jstewardfree | Jan 16, 2014 | Course and Scholarship Updates
The modern theory of evolution presupposes intermediate forms of life between the established species. What is the evidence for these links between life? AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. Sign in to the class here to learn more about this course...
by jstewardfree | Jan 15, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Marvin Olasky | Not only donors practice what Charles Dickens satirized as “telescopic philanthropy.” Professors wise in their own eyes fall into it as well. Dickens wrote of Mrs. Jellyby, a Londoner devoted day and night to the fictional “Borrioboola-Gha Venture,”...
by jstewardfree | Jan 13, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Glenn Harlan Reynolds | For Too Many Americans, College Today Isn’t Worth It. In the field of higher education, reality is outrunning parody. A recent feature on the satire website the Onion proclaimed, “30-Year-Old Has Earned $11 More Than He Would...
by jstewardfree | Jan 10, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Janie B. Cheaney | The emergence of the ‘selfie’ tells us a lot about ourselves Last month it was revealed: The Oxford English Dictionary’s “Word of the Year” (WotY) for 2013 is selfie, referring to a self-portrait taken with a smartphone. This year’s word got some...
by jstewardfree | Jan 9, 2014 | Course and Scholarship Updates
Modern economists often make their field far too difficult. Everyone should know how basic economics work and how it affects them. Learn about easy economics here. AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. Sign in to the class here to learn more about this course...
