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Sorry… But People Can’t Help ‘Judging’0
- March 1, 2016
One of the seemingly highest values of modern society is summarized in the phrase, “Don’t judge.” The phrase is often used today as an attempt to silence those who openly express disapproval for a certain belief or practice. Of course, this use of the phrase “Don’t judge” does have provenance in the Western, Christian tradition.
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Is Google Influencing People’s Opinions of Presidential Candidates?0
- Culture
- March 1, 2016
Last night, one of my family members sat down at the computer and started googling. When I asked what she was looking for, she flashed a guilty smile and admitted that she was “cramming” in an attempt to figure out which candidate to vote for on Super Tuesday. My family member – and others like
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Super Tuesday Polls: Who will dominate?0
- Politics
- March 1, 2016
Already in this campaign cycle we’ve seen the polls get it wrong. Notably, of course, the pollsters have ended up with serious egg on their faces in recent, past elections. But they’ve also dropped the ball well before that with Dewey vs. Truman as one of the most memorable in history. Nonetheless, even for their
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8 Thought-Provoking Quotes from the Author of ‘The Little Prince’6
- Culture
- March 1, 2016
1. “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” 2. “The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them.” 3. “Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at
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Notre Dame Prof: Our Schools Are Committing ‘Civilizational Suicide’0
- Education
- March 1, 2016
Dr. Patrick Deneen has taught in some of America’s finest universities. He has been a professor at Princeton, Georgetown, and is now in the political science department at Notre Dame. So what’s his assessment of America’s best students? “My students are know-nothings.” In an extremely important essay posted to Minding the Campus titled “How a
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The Declining Importance of the Family 0
- Culture
- March 1, 2016
Nowhere is the concern with the problem of community in Western society more intense than with respect to the family. The contemporary family, as countless books, articles, college courses, and marital clinics make plain, has become an obsessive problem. The family inspires a curious dualism of thought. We tend to regard it uneasily as a final manifestation of tribal society,
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