by jstewardfree | Aug 20, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Derek Thompson | Forget about the mythical throngs of Ivy-educated baristas. Companies have essentially frozen entry-level salaries for even the smartest graduates. When young people do things that confound the rest of the country—like take forever to find their...
by jstewardfree | Jul 28, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Marc | It’s probably the most boring piece of social commentary possible — “We have more information at our fingertips than ever before!” — but “available information” is a far cry from information really in-forming us, dwelling within us as a living presence, the...
by jstewardfree | Jul 21, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Mary Grabar | English departments have pretty much given up on their mission of preserving a literary canon or teaching poetic form and rhetorical strategies. Decades ago, politics of race, class, and gender overtook any concern for preserving and perpetuating...
by jstewardfree | Jul 16, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Michael Paulson | BRUNSWICK, Me. — For 40 years, evangelicals at Bowdoin College have gathered periodically to study the Bible together, to pray and to worship. They are a tiny minority on the liberal arts college campus, but they have been a part of the school’s...
by jstewardfree | Jul 7, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Danielle Charette | American universities ought to be some of the freest places in the world. Instead, aggressive political correctness reigns. These days, academic free speech is passé. It’s far more hip to deny accomplished leaders the chance to address campus....
