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‘This is Library!’: Watch a student trying to study rudely interrupt a mob of protestors 0
- Culture
- January 27, 2017
Millennials have a reputation for loving protests, demanding safe spaces, and seeking social justice during their college years. Often it seems that these items take priority over the reason they are supposed to be attending college, namely, to study and grow in knowledge. The good news, however, is that there are still some in the
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Our Culture is Dead 0
- Culture
- January 27, 2017
A new book is coming out this month bearing the arresting title Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture. It is by Anthony Esolen, a professor of English at Providence College and a prominent cultural commentator. Esolen argues that what we used to think of as American culture has been utterly destroyed (principally by Marxist
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It’s True, Internet Surfing During Class is Not so Good for Grades 0
- Education
- January 27, 2017
Many universities encourage students to purchase laptops that they can bring to class. Charities like One Laptop per Child provide low-cost laptops to disadvantaged students. There is no doubt that having a desktop computer or laptop in school is useful for writing papers, gathering information and learning how to program and use software. But, as
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America’s Demise: Trump’s a Sign, not the Cause 0
- Culture
- January 27, 2017
In a recent Atlantic article, former Time magazine editor Richard Stengel writes that the American Century is dead. The cause of death? Donald Trump. “Trump’s administration is the death knell of the American Century,” Stengel writes. He explains: The inaugural address of Donald Trump did not contain the word justice or cooperation or ideals or
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3 Must-Read Books on the West’s Abandonment of Religion 0
- Philosophy
- January 26, 2017
What happens when the religious beliefs that undergird a culture are pulled out from under it, as has happened in the West? There is a whole literature on exactly this question: 1. Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton. Chesterton was the greatest thinker of the twentieth century and this was his greatest book (with the possible exception of
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Is it Still Important to Teach Children to Sew?0
- Culture
- January 26, 2017
When I was 10 years old, the opportunity to attend a living history program one summer day left me in a tizzy of anticipation. There was only one problem. I had outgrown all of my historically accurate costumes and had nothing to wear to the event. My mom assessed the situation, pulled out her sewing
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