A Report from Morningside
by Philip JefferyThe ground has been shifting at college campuses everywhere. But at my alma mater, nothing has changed more than campus conservatism. Continue Reading »
In Defense of Educational Administrators
by Carl R. TruemanThere are actually three certainties in life. There is death. There are taxes. And there are riots. Continue Reading »
Digital Enthusiasts and Informed Skeptics
by Mark BauerleinActual attendance in class and taking notes by hand, not with any technology, is better for learning. Continue Reading »
Reflections on Being the Dumbest Man in the Room
by Carl R. TruemanContrasting gracious erudition with gibberish and jargon. Continue Reading »
Briefly Noted
by Benjamin Brady and Randy BoyagodaExporting Freedom: Religious Liberty and American Power by anna su harvard, 296 pages, $39.95 Anna Su’s study of U.S. efforts to promote religious freedom abroad from 1898 through the present ends as it begins. In the Philippines in the early twentieth century and again in Iraq in the . . . . Continue Reading »
A Restless Mind, In Search of Truth
by Paul SeatonPeter Augustine Lawler died on May 23 at the relatively young age of 65, but he died in the hope of the Risen One and lives on in the lives he touched. Continue Reading »
The Art of Verbal Jousting
by Dale M. CoulterThis art of verbal jousting does not fit in the postmodern world, so concerned with providing safe spaces. Continue Reading »
The War on Tenure
by Jennifer A. FreyAcademic freedom is the freedom to pursue truth in good faith, unimpeded by fear of dismissal by those who wield power. Now it is under threat.
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Why Read Great Books?
by David RandallReading Great Books in the language of left-wing pedagogy only subordinates them to progressive goals.
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A Springtime of Hope for Catholic Education
by K. E. ColombiniRecent announcements out of two Catholic colleges appear to provide both good news and bad news about the state of Catholic higher education. But even in the bad news, one can find reasons for hope. Continue Reading »
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