Newman’s University Today
by Avery Cardinal DullesCardinal Dulles’s address to the Cardinal Newman Society on November 11, 2001, in Washington, D.C. Continue Reading »
The Demon in Middlebury
by Ryszard LegutkoThe invitation from Middlebury College to speak about my book The Demon in Democracy came last year. I was pleased to receive it, as it seemed to indicate that the book resonated in American academic circles. Middlebury was the sixth or seventh university in America to have issued such an . . . . Continue Reading »
The High-Priced Spread, Revisited
by George WeigelCatholic parents serious about real education and formation have options other than elite universities. Continue Reading »
The Smell of Death
by R. R. RenoLiberalism has created a world in which disordered souls kill themselves with drugs and alcohol—and in which those harboring murderous thoughts feel free to act upon them. Continue Reading »
Notes from the Sibling Society
by John WatersThe “snowflakes” problem is the result of an absence not so much of adulthood as of grown-ups. Continue Reading »
The Slow and Steady Shrinkage of the Humanities
by Mark BauerleinHumanities professors have forgotten the first principle of undergraduate study in the humanities: inspiration. Continue Reading »
Sacred Sociology
by Richard SpadyThe Sacred Project of American Sociologyby christian smithoxford, 224 pages, $28.95 Things wouldn’t be so bad if the sacred project of American sociology were just the sacred project of American sociology. Allowances are made for sociologists. The problem is that all the human sciences as . . . . Continue Reading »
The Two Universities
by Mark BauerleinIn January, news came out that Emory University received a $400 million gift from the Woodruff Foundation. All of it will go to healthcare and research. That’s $100 million more than Michael Bloomberg’s foundation gave to the school of public health at Johns Hopkins in September 2016. Emory’s . . . . Continue Reading »
No Patrimony
by Frank FurediThe age-old distinction between schoolchildren and university students is fast losing its meaning. On many campuses, the infantilization of university students has become institutionalized. College administrators treat students as if they were biologically mature children rather than young men and . . . . Continue Reading »
An Integrated Humanist
by Russell HittingerJohn Senior and the Restoration of Realismby francis bethel, o.s.b.thomas more, 452 pages, $34.99 H igher education has survived the end of the American century, if just barely. American colleges and universities are like a naval mothball fleet that’s still afloat but not seaworthy. Some schools . . . . Continue Reading »
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