by Publius | Jul 29, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Matt Purple | (Source) Things move quickly though not evenly. Last week, more statues of American and Confederate figures were torn down, another riot broke out in Portland, there were rumblings that Hamilton might be next on the cancel list, and the California...
by Publius | Jul 22, 2020 | Family, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Wesley J. Smith | (Source) Something evil happened recently in Austin. Michael Hickson, a forty-six-year-old African-American man with quadriplegia and a serious brain injury, was refused treatment at St. David’s Hospital South Austin while ill with COVID-19. The...
by Publius | Jan 3, 2015 | Course and Scholarship Updates
Is the gambling industry a form of entertainment or irresponsibility? A social benefit or ill? Consider the various sides of this topic. AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. Sign in to the class here to learn more about this course experience, which is free...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Dec 4, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Eric Metaxas | Black Friday came a little early this year in Louisiana, with shoppers emptying store shelves. But why it happened says a lot about who we are as humans… On October 13, Wal-Mart shelves in Springhill and Mansfield, Louisiana, were stripped bare...
by Publius | Nov 11, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Janie B. Cheaney | There’s a fight going on in the pages of The New Republic. Over the last couple of months, evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker has been duking it out with Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of the magazine, over two great human endeavors: In...
