by jstewardfree | Jun 21, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Elias Crim | Are you tired of the “trifecta” metaphor about the three current Washington scandals as yet? I won’t even ask if you’re tired of the Benghazi, IRS or AP scandals themselves. Not because they have no significance. But because they are only the latest...
by jstewardfree | Jun 12, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Michael Sacasas | Some brief thought on the Programmable World (in which ubiquitous wireless sensors make objects and machines “smart”): The envisioned Programmable World, as Bill Wasik has called it, is a tremendously sophisticated time- and labor-saving...
by jstewardfree | Jun 5, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Joseph Knippenberg | That title is the motto of my university and the basis of a final exam question I asked the sophomores in my “Great Books” core course. The answers were interesting (in a disheartening way). The students “get” making a difference (a phrase...
by jstewardfree | May 24, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Danielle Charette | Wall Street Journal | At Swarthmore, it’s fine to smash ‘hegemonic power structures’ and silence other students. For a case study in the illiberalism that has taken over liberal arts colleges, look no further than Swarthmore. I...
by jstewardfree | May 10, 2013 | Grey Matter
Editors Note: Free Think University is about free thinking, not about a specific ideology. The following two part blog repost is being shared with our readership to keep them abreast of any group seeking to promote freedom of thought. FTU is not promoting the SSA,...