by Publius | Feb 19, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Megan Briggs | (Source) Arthur Brooks, a Harvard professor and former president of the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute (AEI), delivered a timely speech at this year’s National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. on February 6, 2020. Brooks,...
by Publius | Feb 5, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Family, Grey Matter
By Jean Twenge | (Source) We’re in the middle of a teen mental health crisis – and girls are at its epicenter. Since 2010, depression, self-harm and suicide rates have increased among teen boys. But rates of major depression among teen girls in the U.S. increased...
by Publius | Jan 29, 2020 | Course and Scholarship Updates
By Hadley Arkes | (Source) In his large nature, Robert Miller, my critical but dear friend, offered some kind words about my political works in the pro-life cause; and he sought also to shelter me from his blows as he loosed his terrible swift sword on Matthew...
by Publius | Jan 22, 2020 | Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Deion A. Kathawa | (Source) What’s striking about this election cycle’s Democratic presidential primary debates is how much they’ve been absolutely dominated by a man who’s been dead for 90 years. That man is Herbert Croly, the intellectual godfather of the...
by Publius | Jan 8, 2020 | Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Amanda Patchin | (Source) We wade through a torrent of words and images every day, and yet we mostly lack a clear understanding of what language is and can be for the human. The Catholic philosopher Josef Pieper’s slender little pamphlet Abuse of Language, Abuse...
