by Publius | Jan 13, 2021 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Philip Carl Salzman| (Source) In an otherwise excellent article ridiculing another journalist who was “canceling” restauranteurs with the wrong ethnicity for the ethnic food they were producing, Jonathan Kay expressed his perplexity about the meaning of “cultural...
by Publius | Dec 31, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Walter E. Williams | (Source) Several years ago, Project Baltimore began an investigation of Baltimore’s school system. What it found was an utter disgrace. In 19 of Baltimore’s 39 high schools, out of 3,804 students, only 14 of them, or less than 1%, were...
by Publius | Dec 23, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Critical Thinking, Grey Matter
By David Butterfield | (Source) “A habit of mind is formed which lasts through life, of which the attributes are freedom, equitableness, calmness, moderation, and wisdom . . . This is the main purpose of a University in its treatment of its students.” —J. H....
by Publius | Dec 16, 2020 | Course and Scholarship Updates
By Victor Davis Hanson | (Source) Where did Antifa youth rioting in the streets receive their intellectual and ethical bearings? Why are the First and Second Amendments no longer fully operative? How did the general population become nearly ignorant of their...
by Publius | Dec 9, 2020 | Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Nicole Russell | (Source) The mayor of Portland, Ted Wheeler, announced on Twitter just after his reelection that the City Council approved a removal of “gendered language”—meaning feminine and masculine terms—from the city charter, according to the The Daily...
