by jstewardfree | May 6, 2019 | Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By James D. Agresti (Source) James Madison, the father of the U.S. Constitution and primary author of the Bill of Rights, repeatedly emphasized that the United States is a “republic” and not a “democracy.” In stark contrast, Jonathan Bernstein, a Bloomberg columnist...
by jstewardfree | Jan 14, 2019 | Grey Matter
By Bill Scher | (Source) The shutdown debate can seem pointlessly semantic. President Trump wants $5 billion to begin work on a “steel barrier,” which he portrays as a generous compromise from his initial proposal of a concrete wall. Democrats say they want “border...
by jstewardfree | May 1, 2018 | Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Rod Dreher | (Source) This is news: Summit Ministries has relocated a summer program from Biola University to another state. Why? From the press release: For more than 55 years, Summit Ministries has held conferences at its headquarters in Manitou Springs, Colo.,...
by jstewardfree | Mar 5, 2018 | Grey Matter, Posts
By James D. Agresti | (Source) In a New York Times column entitled “How to Reduce Shootings,” Nicholas Kristof writes, “It is true that guns are occasionally used to stop violence. But contrary to what the National Rifle Association suggests, this is rare. One study...
by jstewardfree | Sep 1, 2016 | Grey Matter
By: Eric Metaxas (Source) | One academically rigorous, left leaning university has put its incoming freshmen on notice. It’s become so commonplace on American college campuses that it’s hardly news anymore. Students demanding “safe spaces,” where they aren’t...
