by Libertad | Jan 13, 2016 | Grey Matter
By Niraj Chokshi | If you think the Powerball jackpot soaring to $1.5 billion is just a pleasant surprise, think again: This was by design. Sure, luck had a role. It always does. But a rule change in October made it much easier for the lottery jackpot to reach these...
by Libertad | Jan 11, 2016 | Grey Matter
By Anne Barnard | BEIRUT, Lebanon — In the hills near the Lebanese border, an hour’s drive from downtown Damascus, much of a Syrian town is starving, according to residents and international humanitarian workers. The town, Madaya, is controlled by rebels and encircled...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | 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,...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Dec 10, 2012 | Grey Matter
By Ryan Lovelace | A political science professor at Butler University asks students to disregard their “American-ness, maleness, whiteness, heterosexuality, middle-class status” when writing and speaking in the classroom – a practice the school’s arts and sciences...
by Publius | Nov 30, 2012 | Grey Matter
By Publius | Civility in our society seems to be at an all time low. The art of disagreement has disappeared. Real civility allows for disagreement to be artfully pursued between two people without harsh emotion, relational damage (or violence!) to those having the...
