30 More Years of Rootless Professors
In the thirty years since writer-professor Eric Zencey first published his essay “The Rootless Professors” in the Chronicle of Higher Education, much has changed, and...
On Commencement Addresses
Holland, MI
It is graduation season. On campuses across the country graduates will be subject to the last compulsory and least remarkable rite of passage:...
The Trouble with Limits
Modern persons have a problem with limits, three in fact. They want every good thing to be unlimitedly available for their desires, and scarcity...
Contemplation and the Empire of Desire
Philadelphia, PA
R. R. Reno of First Things has recently identified the “Empire of Desire” by its odd combination of regulation and libertinism. On the...
From the Multiversity Cave: Aquinas and Synthesis
Saginaw, MI
This post is part of a series that will explore what prominent thinkers can teach us about today’s public multiversity, the modern university...
Freedom and Four-Year Olds
Holland, MI
In public policy, few things are ever entirely right or wrong. Like economics, we are often dealing with trade-offs. Ignoring the trade-offs blinds...
From the Multiversity Cave: Augustine and Amare
This post is part of a series that will explore what prominent thinkers can teach us about today’s public multiversity, the modern university with...
History as Manifesto
Dillon, MT
Having a personal and professional interest in what people think history is for, I read The History Manifesto with great interest. Jo Guldi...
From the Multiversity Cave: Aristotle and Phronesis
Saginaw, MI
This post is part of a series that will explore what prominent thinkers can teach us about today’s public multiversity, the modern university...