Confession of a Rover Agnostic
Dear readers, it was worse than agnosticism. I was more than skeptical about the Irish Rover’s future. I was a…
“Everybody Lies”
A decade ago, the lead character in the self-titled medical drama House regularly dispatched the buzz phrase “Everybody lies,” either…
Against Academic Freedom
My colleague and friend Professor Dan Philpott has written a lengthy essay in these pages defending academic freedom within the…
Understanding Secular Education at Notre Dame
The contradiction of Notre Dame’s secular classroom and “Catholic neighborhood”
“I Wouldn’t Send My Kids to Notre Dame”
Pessimism and the passive forfeiture of Notre Dame’s Catholic identity
Privileges of Living on the Frontiers of Knowledge
An introduction to theology and philosophy at Notre Dame
Notre Dame, China, and Standing Up for Human Rights
Notre Dame has had an ambivalent relationship with the People’s Republic of China. Not so long ago, some naïve university…
