The Insufferable Andrew Cuomo
June 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Medieval Times: A Brilliant Age
June 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Contrary to the propaganda of Dawkins, Andrew Dickson White, and their ilk, the Middle Ages were neither dark, ignorant, nor backwards, but an astonishing era of achievement. Anthony Esolen, Providence College English professor and translator of … [Continue reading]
Purdue Conference on “Faith and Reason: Themes from Swinburne” Sept 25-27, 2014
June 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Philosopher Michael Bergmann has the details here. A sharp thinker and a highly articulate speaker and writer, Swinburne has over the course of his long career done enormously good work to improve the standing of philosophy of religion in general … [Continue reading]
Tuition Rates Increased Because of Excessive Spending, Not Loss of State Funding
June 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Want of state funding is not the cause of increased tuition rates at our public universities; profligate spending is. In fact, if, per capita, universities spent on students what they spent on them in 2000, tuition rates could be cut, on average, by … [Continue reading]
High Student Debt In Sweden, Even Though College Is Free
June 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Even though college is totally free in Sweden, "...85% of Swedish students graduate with debt versus only 50% in the US." Wait--what? Read on. And the stats get even worse. Philips writes: ...new Swedish graduates have the highest debt-to-income … [Continue reading]
Come Let Us Reason, Let Us Talk Of Many Things
May 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
There is no point in denying it. Calling a blog “The Republic of Letters” is pretentious. I’m unmoved by that objection, however. For, I love the name and, even more so, I love what it betokens. Historian Robert Darnton explains: The … [Continue reading]
