The Death of Higher Education

New reports out note that college students can’t do Math (arithmetic actually) and now Harvard admits “A’s” are normative, not exceptional (breaking the heart of this once proud straight-A student.)  We have a problem.  Our best and brightest…

In The Mailbox: 11.20.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: The Illustrated Laptop From Hell Part III, also, And You Thought U.S. Media Was Bad? EBL: Local Fish and Good Jams, Texas can’t…

Sacraments of initiation or affirmation?

Anthony R. Lusvardi, S.J., First Things Friday, November 21, 2025 The sacrament of confirmation has not generally been a pressing concern to the editors of People magazine. Last week, however, this often neglected and misunderstood sacrament…

The Nuremberg Trials and the Higher Law

Exactly eighty years ago yesterday, the War Crimes Tribunal convened a trial to prosecute twenty-four Nazi leaders – a legal procedure with continued relevance for us today. The driving force behind the creation of the tribunal was American…