Jennifer A. Frey, Liberal Education and Human Flourishing
Essay | ONLINE LIBRARY OF LIBERTY By: Jennifer A. Frey Few people have written more powerfully, passionately, and poignantly about the value of liberal learning than Roosevelt Montás. For Montás, the issue of liberal education is deeply personal: liberal learning, grounded in the classical texts of the Western tradition, transformed his life. It is not […]
FIRST THINGS By: Jennifer A. Frey In the mid-1980s, the Catholic philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe drew up a syllabus of errors, which she delivered—rather appropriately—in Rome, to a group of moral theologians. Her syllabus consisted of twenty theses, commonly held by her fellow analytic philosophers, that she deemed “inimical to the Christian religion” and that could, […]
FOX NEWS By: Andrea Picciotti-Bayer The “Respect for Marriage Act” will soon become the law of the land despite serious concerns over the act’s failure to shield people who believe that marriage is between one man and one woman from reprisal. While our elected leaders in Washington may be indifferent to this real threat to individual liberty, all […]
By M.A. Student Erica Lizza Students in this year’s M.A. in Human Rights cohort met last week with Professor Mark Rienzi of the Columbus School of Law, who also serves as president of Becket Law, a public-interest law firm that specializes in religious liberty litigation. Professor Rienzi spoke about his trajectory in the […]
By Lucia A. Silecchia Several years ago, I was standing in a checkout line behind two women deep in conversation. I couldn’t help overhearing that one was recently widowed and struggling to adjust to this new season of life. Most of their conversation, however, was drowned out by the lilting strains of “It’s the Most Wonderful […]
THE NATIONAL REVIEW By: Andrea Picciotti-Bayer
By Lucia A. Silecchia “Over the river and through the woods …” “From Atlantic to Pacific, gee the traffic is terrific …” Popular songs in our canon of carols and songs have travel as a key theme. The jarring reference to traffic is a realistic acknowledgement that those travels have their challenges! In the days ahead, […]
By M.A. Student Nicole Stone On Tuesday, November 3rd the Master’s in Human Rights students met with Jeanne Mancini, President of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund. Mancini took time to explain the history of the March for Life, to expand upon its mission, and to talk about the future of […]
OPINION | THE NEW YORK TIMES By: Andrea Picciotti-Bayer To the Editor: Re “The Dobbs Decision Revealed How Weak the Pro-Life Movement Really Is,” by Matthew Walther (Opinion guest essay, Nov. 5): Mr. Walther ignores the heroic advocacy on behalf of the unborn outside the legal arena. The pro-life movement includes staff and volunteers at […]
By M.A. Student Megan Witt On Wednesday, October 26, 2022 the MA in Human Rights students visited the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) at their office in Washington, DC. They were welcomed by Eileen Walsh, executive assistant, who gave them a tour of their beautiful office. The Vice President and Director of Development, Mark […]
REALCLEAR RELIGION By: Andrea Picciotti-Bayer Results from the midterm elections have several states now providing legal safe haven for the gruesome act of abortion. The response of Catholics and other pro-life Americans must not be despair, nor should we become despondent. Instead, we can draw on our 2,000-year tradition of mobilizing as a community of […]
LAW & LIBERTY By: James M. Patterson Since Russell Kirk and Richard Weaver published their canonical texts on American conservatism, subsequent authors have felt compelled to ground their arguments in the history of ideas. These later authors have not always measured up to their forebears, as they frequently resorted to the now-exhausted narrative of decline […]
