by jstewardfree | Dec 4, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Eric Metaxas | Black Friday came a little early this year in Louisiana, with shoppers emptying store shelves. But why it happened says a lot about who we are as humans… On October 13, Wal-Mart shelves in Springhill and Mansfield, Louisiana, were stripped bare...
by jstewardfree | Dec 3, 2013 | Course and Scholarship Updates
Conservatism reached a zenith under the presidency of Ronald Reagan. Dr. George Nash of the Russell Kirk Center looks at what fueled this revolution and how it came to prominence. AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. Sign in to the class here to learn more...
by jstewardfree | Dec 2, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Ben Velderman | Have you heard the one about the 115,520 janitors who have a college degree? That might sound like the setup for a joke, but it’s not. It’s a statistic from the U.S. Department of Labor, and it’s gotten a lot of attention as Americans are...
by jstewardfree | Nov 29, 2013 | Course and Scholarship Updates
Bradley Lecture Monday, December 02, 2013 | 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. AEI, Twelfth Floor 1150 Seventeenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 Whether wielding nuclear or chemical weapons, sponsoring truck bombs, or taking hostages, rogue regimes and terrorist groups continue...
by jstewardfree | Nov 25, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Tim Challies | Of all the words coined in response to the realities of this digital world, of all the words recently added to the dictionary, humblebrag must be among the best. According to the Macmillan dictionary, a humblebrag is “a statement in which you pretend...
by jstewardfree | Nov 22, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Tyler Huckabee | 50 years after his death, Oxford’s lion roars on. Fifty years ago on November 22, C.S. Lewis quietly passed away in his home. His death went widely unnoticed, as JFK was assassinated on the same day (Brave New World author Aldous Huxley also died,...