Hope in an Age of Nay-Saying
by Carl R. TruemanThe spirit of Mephistopheles is truly seductive, as Goethe well knew. Thankfully, however, there is still hope. Continue Reading »
Are “Merely Christian” Colleges Enough?
by Clifford HumphreyMany Christian institutions have become prone to mission-drift and to conflating voguish pieties with gospel mandates because they have come to embrace an identity of “mere Christianity” over confessional particularity. Continue Reading »
Sweat The Small Stuff
by Mark BauerleinOne cause of American society’s shift to the left over the past six decades has been a series of subtle acts of “progress” that, at their inception, did not appear to be political at all. Only after their acceptance did their implications become clear. An example, one (apparently) far from . . . . Continue Reading »
Prodigal Daughter
by Megan BashamLike many a wayward daughter of middle-class America, when I was in college I took up academic culture’s invitation to throw off the moral restraints of my Christian upbringing. I experimented with all manner of substances and licentiousness—even with feminist theory, which almost proved . . . . Continue Reading »
Finding Refuge at the University of Dallas
by Joshua T. KatzIt will take a major shift in values—away from infantilization and fear and toward learning and joy—before amiable student-professor relations are possible again at places like Princeton. In the meantime, I recommend the University of Dallas. Continue Reading »
They Did It for the Kids
by Joseph E. DavisOperation Varsity Blues,” the 2019 college admissions scandal, returned to the news earlier this year when a Netflix documentary provided a fresh opportunity to decry abuses of privilege and the selfishness of parents seeking to boast of their children’s achievements. Comforting accounts, to be . . . . Continue Reading »
College Debt Is Killing Our Kids
by Mark BauerleinNeetu Arnold joins the podcast to discuss the state of college debt and her new National Association of Scholars report, “Priced out: What College Costs America.” Continue Reading »
A New Segregation?
by Mark BauerleinThe new wave of identity politics is a consequence of the eradication of a conservative ethos from American life. Continue Reading »
Many Out of One?
by Carl R. TruemanColumbia University is presenting a vision of a nation that might be better characterized by the motto Ex uno plures. Continue Reading »
Bring Back the Coffee Date
by Anna Bonta MorelandCollege students need to rehabilitate a social script that helps them get to know each other with the lights on, in real and not digital relationships. Continue Reading »
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