by jstewardfree | Apr 19, 2013 | 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 www.freethinku.com to learn more about these course experiences, which are free for...
by jstewardfree | Apr 8, 2013 | Course and Scholarship Updates
What is a skeptic? How do we know such a person (or anything) exists? NY Times best-selling theologian Timothy Keller discusses skepticism. 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. Sign in to www.freethinku.com to learn more about these course experiences, which are free for...
by jstewardfree | Mar 5, 2013 | Grey Matter
by Publius | A Review of William S. Lind’s paper, “Political Correctness:” A Short History of an Ideology | Ideologues are in disfavor these days. Perhaps they always have been. An ideology is the product of a philosophical system that some have declared...
by jstewardfree | Feb 28, 2013 | Course and Scholarship Updates
Tired of getting the WHAT instead of the WHY? Learn to use the time-tested tools of critical thinking as you consider the Big Questions. AVERAGE TIME: 3-4 HOURS. 2,000 IMPACT POINTS. Sign in to www.freethinku.com to learn more about these course experiences, which...
by jstewardfree | Feb 18, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Jerome C. Foss | Politics students at Saint Vincent College benefit from the emphasis on studying original works, not textbooks. | As the fall semester came to an end, I was reminded of the importance of teaching politics through primary sources. While grading my...