The Great Conversation: Medicine
The Great Conversation: Medicine By Gabriel Blanchard Medical science has changed immensely in the last few thousand years—but not always in the ways we might assume. The word …
Averroes: The Commentator
Averroes: “The Commentator” By Gabriel Blanchard Though little studied today, Averroes was one of the chief architects of Medieval thought. For more than seven hundred years, the Iberian …
Speed or Substance?
Speed or Substance? An Invitation to Learning By Rachel Greb Quality is typically preferable to quantity. It’s March, which means many schools are down to single-digit numbers of …
The Great Conversation: Logic
The Great Conversation: Logic By Matt McKeown Why don’t they teach logic in these schools? Logic is the name of a few closely related things. It is often …
An Idyll at Wyoming Catholic College
An Idyll at Wyoming Catholic College By Jeremy Tate I spent last week around students who hadn’t touched a cell phone in months. To call it “refreshing” would …
Wollstonecraft: Rights and Revolution
Wollstonecraft: Rights and Revolution By Matt McKeown Wollstonecraft represented the first glimmer of female equality before the law. From humble beginnings in the late Georgian era of England, …
Student Essay: Humility in “Pride and Prejudice”
Student Essay: Humility in Pride and Prejudice By Ana Schau The moral development of the principal characters is not only the theme of Pride and Prejudice, but the …
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The Great Conversation: Family
The Great Conversation: Family By Matt McKeown The family is a universal context and, accordingly, a universal concept. The family is one of the oldest institutions in human …
The University of Navarra
The University of Navarra By Jeremy Tate A true education doesn’t just train the mind; it uplifts the soul. At first as a college counselor, and more frequently …
Darwin: The Father of Modern Biology
Darwin: The Father of Modern Biology By Gabriel Blanchard Charles Darwin permanently altered the basic assumptions of modern science. Born in 1809, Charles Darwin seemed set up for …
