by Publius | Jan 24, 2015 | Course and Scholarship Updates
Students can make class more engaging and profitable. Acclaimed Georgetown Professor James Schall has written up the gameplan. AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. Sign in to the course here to learn more about these course experiences, which are free for...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Jan 5, 2015 | Grey Matter
In this video blog, listen to ten minutes of encouragement about how to get the most out of your college experience. Quoting from Ecclesiastes and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Rick Atchley implores students attending Opening Assembly at Abilene...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Dec 31, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Anthony Esolen | We ought to rename our planet according to the bureaucratic shackles we place upon our children. We shall call it Tormentaria. It seems quite apt. The Tormentarians are a humane race. They don’t favor harsh (though swift) punishment; they grow...
by Publius | Nov 26, 2014 | Course and Scholarship Updates
Is the academy re-writing history? Can we really know what happened in the past? Does truth change over time? Consider these important questions from several current positions with other free thinkers. AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. Sign in to the...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Nov 19, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Naomi Schaefer Riley | In the spring of 2014, the Harvard Extension School Cultural Studies Club decided to drop its sponsorship of a Black Mass, the satanic ritual in which people dress up as members of the clergy and defile a communion wafer, which Catholics...
