A recent article in The Wall Street Journal focused upon Florida’s decision to allow prospective college students to take the Classic Learning Test (CLT) as an alternative to the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or American College Testing Exam (ACT) to gain admission to its state-supported universities. At first blush, this may seem … Read more
Many of today’s young people decide that a college education is not worth the time and treasure it costs. Rejecting Higher Education For previous generations, this might be something of a surprise—although it shouldn’t be. Colleges have spent the first quarter of the twenty-first century making their product—the degrees they award—more expensive … Read more
Why is the oldest Catholic university in America giving Satanists who attack the Catholic Church with sacrilegious Black Masses a speaking platform? Faithful Catholics are outraged with the news that the leaders of The Satanic Temple, Lucien Greaves and Malcolm Jarry, were permitted to speak at Georgetown University on October 16, 2023. … Read more
Many Catholics today are unaware of the immense contributions of the Ultramontanes of the nineteenth century to the resurgence of Catholicism worldwide. Prof. Fernando Furquim de Almeida (1913-1981) studied the Movement and produced dozens of articles detailing its work. We have edited these articles and will be featuring them. They highlight the … Read more
The “woke” movement subscribes to a curious moral code. Its nature is unforgiving. Fall short in any way, and there is no road back. The acts in question may be recent or past, mistaken or deliberate—that does not matter. Absolution is impossible. At the same time, the woke reject any sense of … Read more
Students are not coping with university life. The situation is reaching crisis proportions, causing college administrators to have a coping problem of their own. Most of the problems involve anxiety and stress at levels unknown to past generations. Many of the nation’s 21 million college students also lack social skills finding it … Read more
In the summer of 1942, the USS South Dakota set sail to do battle in the Pacific. One of the gunners on board was Calvin Graham. On November 14, the South Dakota encountered eight Japanese destroyers. Graham was manning his gun when shrapnel tore through his jaw and mouth. Another hit knocked … Read more
It is that time of the year again when students graduate from their high schools and colleges. The graduation ceremony is a rite of passage that is so much a part of our tradition. Commencement speakers call upon graduates to dream, hope and plan for the future. While such words may seem … Read more
If ever there was a set of ideas that has been tried and found lacking, it is socialism. It has been tried on every continent. It has been tried in weak nations and strong. It has been tried in primitive countries and those which are highly developed. The most striking thing about … Read more
On April 7, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) organized and prayed a rosary of reparation outside the gates of the Jesuit-run College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. They were protesting the recently revealed writings of Prof. Tat-Siong Benny Liew, head of the college’s … Read more