American Priest: The Ambitious Life and Conflicted Legacy of Notre Dame’s Father Ted Hesburgh by wilson d. miscamble, c.s.c. image, 464 pages, $28 In 2008, Father Theodore Hesburgh (1917–2015) gave an interview to the Wall Street Journal in which he said, “I . . . . Continue Reading »
Universities stay relevant not by chasing the needs of the moment, but by addressing themselves to the lasting questions in human life. Continue Reading »
There’s a book I keep in the bathroom at home, a big blue volume of 750 pages titled, somewhat ironically, The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes. A terrific book to browse in, with more than four thousand brief anecdotes about more than two thousand individuals from ancient times to the near . . . . Continue Reading »
Duke and other historically-Methodist institutions are lobbying the United Methodist Church to officially change its teaching on sexuality. Continue Reading »
Featuring Hillsdale College professor Eric Hutchinson on teaching a humanities course originally designed and taught by W. H. Auden in 1941. Continue Reading »
Featuring Heather Mac Donald on her latest book, The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture.Continue Reading »
Except for a few open-minded and faithful people, Fordham is uninterested in helping students follow what Christ and His Church teach about love and sexuality. Continue Reading »
I finished teaching a university course in faith and ideas a little while ago by administering individual oral exams to forty first-year students. The exams took place in a hotel bar overlooking a volcanic lake. The pope’s summer palace shone in the distance, and the Mediterranean gleamed . . . . Continue Reading »