From Greatness to Inclusivity

by Mark Bauerlein

When a humanities department selects its materials because they reflect identity groups, it no longer functions as a humanities department.
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14 Dec 2016

The Persecution of Professor Esolen

by George Weigel

Anthony Esolen stands firmly in that great Catholic tradition of liberal learning. A college whose leadership is committed to that tradition would celebrate his contributions—it wouldn’t coddle his persecutors. Continue Reading »

14 Dec 2016

Can Conservatives be at Home on Campus?

by Christopher J. Scalia

The complications of being a conservative in the academy. Should your conservatism be open or hidden? And what of the provocative call for “affirmative action” for conservatives? Continue Reading »

6 Oct 2016

Campus Moralism, Old and New

by Connor Grubaugh

The question is not what makes free speech, but what makes good speech. Continue Reading »

9 Sep 2016

Notre Dame’s Deal with the Devil

by William Dempsey

Tim Kaine is a Harvard Law graduate, but he and other pro-choice Catholic politicians owe much to Notre Dame. As Matthew Franck has observed in First Things, Mario Cuomo’s 1984 “personally opposed but won’t impose” speech at the university was a “watershed moment” for pro-choice . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Aug 2016

Letters

by Various

Human WrongsR. R. Reno, agreeing with Yuval Levin, believes we must rid ourselves of our nostalgia (“Public Square,” May). It is banal, of course, to suggest that we cannot live in the past. But is it nostalgic to yearn for a time when workers enjoyed a measure of security, families were intact, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2016

Dispatches of a Microaggression Scout

by Clare Halpine

Welcome, everyone. I want to say a few things, in no particular order, as I don’t see hierarchy. Let me put my glasses on: 1. You belong here.2. This is a safe space. 3. No one is an expert; we are here to learn as we go. Before we get started, I’d like to ask you to fill out a privilege check. . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Jul 2016

Final Advice for the Untenured Conservative Humanist

by Mark Bauerlein

Part 3, SERVICE. When you join a committee, you either make your colleagues' workdays easier or make them harder. If the latter, they will remember the fact and it may very well come up at tenure time. Continue Reading »

14 Jul 2016

More Advice For the Untenured Conservative Humanist

by Mark Bauerlein

Part 2: TEACHING. Sage-on-the-stage, the flipped classroom? No need for that. Just avoid a few crucial missteps. Plus: How to raise your students’ grades without inflating them. Continue Reading »

17 Jun 2016

Some Advice
For the Untenured
Conservative Humanist

by Mark Bauerlein

Tenure recommendations for humanities professors have three parts: research, teaching, service. If you are an untenured humanities who is also a religious or social conservative, the bar is set higher for you. I will be offering advice for each category. First, RESEARCH. Continue Reading »

10 Jun 2016