by jstewardfree | Sep 16, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Amy Payne | This past week in The New York Times—on September 11, no less—Russian President Vladimir Putin took issue with the idea of American exceptionalism. He wrote: It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the...
by jstewardfree | Sep 12, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Neil Irwin | If you only looked at the headlines on Friday’s August jobs numbers, you’d think “Not bad!” You would also be completely wrong. Yes, the unemployment rate fell a notch to 7.3 percent, from 7.4 percent in July. Yes, the nation added 169,000 jobs,...
by jstewardfree | Sep 9, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Thomas Messner | Legislation “cruising” through the California legislature would strip certain state-level tax exemptions from nonprofit youth groups that differentiate on “gender identity,” “sexual orientation,” and other bases. The bill names familiar youth...
by jstewardfree | Sep 6, 2013 | Grey Matter
By College Fix Staff | A recording released Tuesday of a Michigan State University professor captures the educator bashing Republicans in a variety of ways on the first day of school, Campus Reform reports. On the recording, taken unbeknownst to the educator, creative...
by jstewardfree | Aug 31, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Arthur C. Brooks | It is a uniquely American belief that competition is the fuel for human flourishing. European commentators in early America were amazed at the popular love for what Alexis de Tocqueville called, “self-interest rightly understood.” This...
