by jstewardfree | Jul 8, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Jonathon Moseley | “Question Authority” was a dominant political theme in the ’60s and 70s We’re talking about the 1760s and the 1770s, of course — the American Revolution. Well, sure, the 1960s and the 1970s, too. But our country was...
by jstewardfree | Jul 4, 2013 | Grey Matter
Declaration of Independence Signer Benjamin Rush, “On Patriotism” – October 20, 1773 To His Fellow Countrymen Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of society as natural affection is for the support of families. The Amor...
by jstewardfree | Jun 14, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Nathan Harden | Once upon a time college was for things like learning and job training — shaping of the mind. Nowadays, you can get so much more — like shaping of the genitals. Gender-reassignment surgery is the latest luxury item to be added to the bloated list of...
by jstewardfree | Jun 10, 2013 | Grey Matter
By John Mark Reynolds | The Wall Street Journal, noting the retirement of Donald Kagan, states the obvious: higher education is broken. Its brokenness begins with the faculty. College is expensive, dominated by faculty unions, and hostile to moral education. Higher...
by jstewardfree | Jun 7, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Mark Movsesian | Last month, I wrote about a controversy surrounding the White House’s inclusion of a yoga garden in its annual Easter Egg Roll. The problem is this: yoga is a Hindu spiritual practice. Arguably, therefore, state-sponsored yoga is a religious...
