Traditional logic is famous for classifying human beings as “rational animals.” What would traditional logicians make of the current craze of student activists who seek explicit institutional enforcement of “safe spaces” on campus? Student protests […]
Perhaps you have heard about Hell Burns, the “Theology of the Body and Media Literacy Blog of Sister Helena Burns, FSP, media nun.” Did you know that Sister Burns says that Catholic World Report is […]
Dr. Ryan N.S. Topping has written for numerous publications on a variety of Catholic themes and figures, including St. Augustine, Dante, and G.K. Chesterton, and is the author of six books, including most recently Renewing […]
One of the greatest Catholic thinkers of our time, Professor René Girard, has died. He left this world at 91 years of age, on November 4, in Stanford, California. One of the things Girard wrote […]
The writer and philosopher Roger Scruton (www.roger-scruton.com) is perhaps most famous for being the scourge of the Left. Foregoing a conventional academic career, he has forged his own way and put his rare talents to […]
If you went out to the movies this summer, I’m betting you saw yet another movie about saving the world. It’s such a familiar plot, it’s worth asking: Why? Why does this theme keep recurring? […]
“Everybody’s a critic.” That old saying proves especially true today in the digital age. Just look at the tidal wave of instant analysis that greeted Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’. It seems as if everybody […]
I interviewed Fr. Cassian Folsom, O.S.B., the Prior and Founder of the Monks of Norcia, in conjunction with my review of the new CD by the Monks of Norcia, Benedicta. That album is released through the […]
In the midst of the day’s work, a little break is always welcome. Sometimes this takes the form of a clever YouTube diversion recommended by a friend. For example, a recent favorite of mine was […]
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… a Latin-singing choir’s CD. Well, not quite. It was the record company that gave me Christmas in Harvard Square, the debut album from […]
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