by jstewardfree | Nov 10, 2014 | Grey Matter
This is the first of two consecutive blog posts by Dr. Lawler in which he examines liberal education and the modern “efficient” education. By Peter Lawler | One of the great prejudices of our time is that direct information is king. But the great books...
by jstewardfree | Nov 5, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Peter Augustine Lawler | The highly rated CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory compensates for its lack of refinement (it has a laugh track!) with its brains. The show began with characters who were more like caricatures of four types of physical scientists: the...
by jstewardfree | Nov 3, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Rod Dreher | I was late coming to Dante. Never read him in high school or college, and after my formal education ended with my bachelor’s degree, why on earth would I have bothered? As a professional journalist, I read voraciously, but a seven-hundred-year-old poem...
by jstewardfree | Sep 27, 2014 | Course and Scholarship Updates
By Publius | Publishing his novel, The Satanic Verses, put author Salman Rushdie’s life at risk, and even led to the death of his translator. In the face of death, would you write the truth? AVERAGE TIME: 1-2 HOURS. 750 IMPACT POINTS. Sign in...
by jstewardfree | Sep 22, 2014 | Grey Matter
By John Stonestreet | Anyone who frequents Starbucks knows that the order you’re least likely to hear in a shop is for “a cup of coffee.” There is no end to the elaborate combinations of flavorings and variations that we caffeine addicts can and have come up with....
