by jstewardfree | Oct 31, 2015 | Grey Matter
By Richmond Times-Dispatch Editors | Bernie Sanders and the students and faculty at Liberty University don’t see eye to eye on many issues. The evangelicals at the Lynchburg college object in particular to his support for gay marriage and abortion rights. But that...
by jstewardfree | Oct 28, 2015 | Grey Matter
By Nick Gillespie | Faculty senate says “that shielding students from controversial material will deter them from becoming critical thinkers and responsible citizens.” The faculty senate at American University in Washington, D.C., has issued a...
by jstewardfree | Oct 26, 2015 | Grey Matter
By David Desrosiers Dear Son, I address you as son and not “Ryan,” because at core I’m your father, not your friend. Father and son are roles that come with expectations. My job has always been to prepare you for self-government: to ensure that your heart, gray...
by jstewardfree | Oct 21, 2015 | Grey Matter
By Susan McWilliams | It’s great that you love the Great Books. But now it’s time to read some bad books. And I don’t mean just any bad books. I mean the Big Bad Books. I mean the Worst Books: the books that you’re convinced are the undoers of civilization, the...
by jstewardfree | Oct 19, 2015 | Grey Matter
By David Brooks | Many American universities were founded as religious institutions, explicitly designed to cultivate their students’ spiritual and moral natures. But over the course of the 20th century they became officially or effectively secular. Religious rituals...
