by jstewardfree | Dec 27, 2014 | Course and Scholarship Updates
Israel, Palestine, and conflict in the Middle East grab frequent headlines in the news. Why is the U.S. so allied with Israel, while other nations are bent on destroying her? AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. A full press release on this new course...
by jstewardfree | Dec 15, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Boris Johnson | When I was growing up, there was no doubt about it: Winston Churchill was the greatest statesman Britain had ever produced. My brother and I pored over Sir Martin Gilbert ’s biographical “Life in Pictures” enough to memorize the captions. I knew...
by jstewardfree | 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 jstewardfree | Oct 13, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Diana Furchtgott-Roth | Drugmaker Shire, based in Dublin, is in the process of being bought by AbbVie for $55 billion in a tax-inversion acquisition. We’ve all heard the statistics. More American multinational companies are merging with foreign corporations and...
by jstewardfree | Sep 3, 2014 | Grey Matter
The first part of this blog post ran earlier this week here. By Bryce J. Christensen | At times, the challenge to campus ideologues comes from scientists willing to bring empirical research to bear on their utopian claims. In 2000, for instance, an intrepid biologist...
