by jstewardfree | Aug 23, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Lee Habeeb | The kind of TV show millions of Americans have been praying for… In one great episode, third son Jase gets a fine from the homeowners’ association in his fancy suburban subdivision for burning leaves and keeping chickens in his yard. Upset that...
by jstewardfree | Aug 21, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Shannon Rupp | The discipline teaches you how to think clearly, a gift that can be applied to just about any line of work. It must be summer. In anticipation of fall course schedules, several people have asked what I think someone who wants to be a journalist...
by jstewardfree | Aug 16, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Gina Dalfonzo | The Atlantic | Drunken One-Night Stands Don’t Fit in Shakespeare’s World, Yet Joss Whedon put one in his new adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing. Here’s why it doesn’t work. In Joss Whedon’s otherwise delightful new...
by jstewardfree | Aug 14, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Benno Schmidt | His skepticism about the merits of a sacrosanct liberal history textbook has sparked an overdue debate. Most Americans would agree that academic freedom is a sacred right of the academy and crucial to the American experiment in democracy. But what...
by jstewardfree | Aug 12, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Cameron McWhirter and Douglas Belkin | Loyola University New Orleans faces a $9.5 million budget gap caused by 25% fewer freshmen this fall than it had expected. As Loyola University New Orleans gears up for fall classes next month, the 101-year-old Jesuit...