The first After-Dinner Scholar podcast on February 1, 2017 began:The 16th century English philosopher, statesman and scientist Francis Bacon famously stated, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: t

Last week Dr. Tiffany Schubert discussed Inferno, the first book of Dantes Comedy. Our friend and former colleague Jason Baxter remarked that in Inferno, Dantes poetic violence is meant to melt down the hard heart so that it can be reforged into someth

Midway in the journey of our lifeI came to myself in a dark wood,for the straight way was lost.Ah, how hard it is to tellthe nature of that wood, savage, dense and harshthe very thought of it renews my fear!It is so bitter death is hardly more so.

Pope Benedict XVI wrote, "At Easter we rejoice because Christ did not remain in the tomb, his body did not see corruption; he belongs to the world of the living, not to the world of the dead; we rejoi

Saint Ephrem the Syrian said, We give glory to you, Lord, who raised up your cross to span the jaws of death like a bridge by which souls might pass from the region of the dead to the land of the living.The cross is the bridge from death to life, from

The Catechism of the Catholic Church (159) declares Though faith is above reason, there can never be any real discrepancy between faith and reason. Since the same God who reveals mysteries and infuses faith has bestowed the light of reason on the human

Observing the French Revolution, British Member of Parliament, Edmund Burke, noted, But what is liberty without wisdom and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.Over t

Its been a strange winter here in Lander, Wyoming beginning with nearly two feet of snow on Thanksgivingof which about fourteen inches fell between four and eight PM. Another foot or so just before Christmas and nothing but dribs and drabs after that. A

The new Apple Vision Pro headset, were told, delivers fun and rewarding gameplay for players of all skill levels. Players can dive into games on the App Store that transform the space around them, use an Environment for a more immersive experience, or p

January 31 to February 2 the Wyoming Catholic College community enjoyed days packed with senior orations. Each senior, having written a thesis in the fall, presents his or her findings in a 30-minute