The Mystery of a Century: Who Wrote His Last Bow?
Though ice cold logic was ever his bread and butter, Mr. Sherlock Holmes had a talent and taste for histrionics. While…
Plato’s Republic Reading Group
by Phil Lawler
Join Phil Lawler every Thursday for a discussion about Plato’s Republic. For more information contact: center@thomasmorecollege.edu
Coincidentally: Arma Virumque
By an instinct common to all youth who have not had pacifism violently hammered into them, the inventive child will…
Dostoevsky and the Glory of Guilt
There are only a very few authors whose works bear the power of changing the way the whole world is perceived…
Nightfall: Péguy’s La Nuit and the Hope of Discontinuity
The French poet and philosopher Charles Péguy died in September, 1914 with a bullet through his head. He had anticipated the…
Chesterton Reading Group:
The Flying Inn
by G.K. Chesterton /Dr. William Fahey
Join us this February 28th, 7:00 PM, at Mercy Hall for the second meeting of the Chesterton Society of the…
Confessions…Of a Computer Hater
Make no mistake: I do not merely hate computers. I loathe, fear, despise, curse, and have constant torture and dismemberment fantasies…
St. Thomas More (1478-1535)
February 7 (the anniversary of his birth) It was the stubble. That, more than anything, drew me to Saint Thomas…
Adam’s Curse: William Butler Yeats on Original Sin
We made a good run in Genesis… all of two and a half chapters before finding ourselves on the business end…
What Is Civic about Virtue?
A Lecture by Geoffrey M. Vaughan, Ph.D. Professor of Political Science at Assumption College The virtues are necessary for our…
The Merchant of Venice: Shakespearean Insincerity
Insincerity in people is recognized as a problem, which is why Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice is recognized as the “problem play.” The Merchant…
The Liberal Arts and Sexual Morality
Are the liberal arts and sexual morality connected? There is strong evidence that they are, for if we graph their…
Coincidentally: A Bridge to the Future
The promise to “build a bridge to the future” has become a mantra in recent politics. It is less cogent…
“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe: The Madness of Nevermore
There is something of the madman in every man. There is something of the sadist in every sinner. Is there something…
“To Build a Fire” by Jack London: Hanging Humanity by a Thread
There is a peculiar characteristic about the ice-bound regions of the world that renders them absolutely fantastic, absolutely fascinating, and absolutely…
How the American Laity Can Lead A Great Catholic Revival
by Phil Lawler
Here is the recording of Phil Lawler’s talk from January 14th at St. John of the Cross Church in Vero,…
Your Inner Cop
Colson’s Law is named for the man I learned it from: Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries. It is…
Coincidentally: More Varieties of Religious Experience
Felicitous arrangements allowed me as a student to repair weekly to practice the piano in a house by the Folly…
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: Uncommon Nonsense
by Emma Warner
Those who seek a profound meaning cloaked within the bizarre and absurd scenarios of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland are sure to be frustrated. …
Christianity and the Rise of American Progressivism
A Lecture by Ronald J. Pestritto, Ph.D. Graduate Dean & Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College The talk will address…
