Universities have abandoned their mission of the development and dissemination of knowledge in favor of a woke, DIE mission, wholly...

Now that I am fully retired, meaning that I have employment (income) and have Medicare A, B and D plus Social Security, it gives me joy...

February 28, 2023. These photos came from two or three different games, probably courtesy of Karen Madsen. In the lower right I see Marty...

In a conversation with a young missionary yesterday, I had the opportunity to describe the arc of my career and the result was a bit...

This is a true sign of old age, where my health is effected by a machine. After being in denial for years, I finally succumbed, through a...

This summer in Harrison, in Hughes Hall in Hinman College, 1974, and M*A*S*H football in 1972.

Of course, not all economic activity is either valued or measured. As always in economics, there are measurement problems and trade offs....

1975 Chevrolet Concours, from Vivian Heath 1978 Honda Accord, State College 1979 Mazda RX-7, State College 1980 Lotus 2+2 Elan, Lawrence...

The four D's of higher education today. Either the school doesn't want you, or you don't want them. Then there's the debt, followed by...

In Study 2 of Kruger and Dunning’s original article (Kruger and Dunning 1999), the authors gave college students a twenty-item test of...

Today's college admissions process is a nightmare, with the university placing big thumbs on the scales, when judging both who gets...

Excellent essay. Major portion below. The family is the most exclusive private association known to man, and, as Plato knew, it is the...

I know that I am too old for this. When Paige and Ed left Eden for Texas, Paige claimed that she had had her fill of snow and that rather...

Are we looking at the end of traditional college football as I have known it for more than fifty years? Having lamented the passing of...

Teaching those who teach the village to raise fish.First order: Give a man a fish. Second order: Teach a man to fish. Third order: Teach...

I sent the following message to a friend who explained why he continued to read The Atlantic, despite an excellent critique of a once...

"Critical race theory" (CRT) is rhetoric, not critical thinking. It's conclusions without theory, science, validity or tests of...

When I retired as Loyola business dean in 2001, I described myself as the youngest, most experienced, retired business dean in the...

A remarkable young student in my Sellinger Scholars class took on the topic of destructive if well-intentioned personal taxation and...

Based on the link immediately below, three former Loyola colleagues and I engaged in a heated exchange as to the merits of the process...