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‘Conscience Before Conformity’: What the White Rose Students Can Teach Today’s Young Scholars

‘Conscience Before Conformity’: What the White Rose Students Can Teach Today’s Young Scholars

A great deal of ink has been spilt recently about the culture wars on campus, where progressive ideologies are tolerated and even championed by both faculty and students. By contrast, advice about how to nurture young hearts and minds to withstand the prevailing climate has
A Nation (Still) Faithful to Its Roots? What St. John Paul the Great Might Say to Poland Today

A Nation (Still) Faithful to Its Roots? What St. John Paul the Great Might Say to Poland Today

For several years, Western media created a false narrative that Poland had descended into an “illiberal,” “anti-democratic,” oppressive state ruled by a “nationalist” regime bent on turning its back on “progress.” But the recent election, with an incredible voter turnout of nearly 73 percent, reveals the health
Human Rights Need Religion

Human Rights Need Religion

Last month, on December 14, 2023, I attended a remarkable meeting of religious leaders from around the world in Princeton University to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Common today is the view that religion is an enemy of human