College Life

Georgetown forsakes chastity with ‘Gender and Sexuality’ housing

By Veronica Arntz / February 5, 2018 Rather than considering students’ common good, Georgetown appears to be endorsing secular ideologies Georgetown University recently approved the designation of “Gender and Sexuality” campus residences for students for the 2018-2019 academic year,... read more

Sociologist Mark Regnerus Takes on the Economics of Cheap Sex

Cheap Sex: The Transformation of Men, Marriage, and Monogamy outlines the reality of 21st-century relationships. By Judy Roberts Mark Regnerus was trained as a sociologist of religion beginning in 1995 and added the study of sexual relationship behavior about a decade later. Although his... read more

The Crisis of the Christian Colleges

BY STEPHEN BASKERVILLE, AUGUST 17, 2017 We are often told these days, quite plausibly, that Christian universities and colleges are in acute crisis. The threat comes from campus radicals in alliance with the federal government’s educational machinery, itself operated by radicalized... read more

When the Most Destructive Words a Boy Can Hear Are ‘Be a Man’

By Suzanne Fields |Posted: Jul 28, 2017 Any woman could tell you that a good man is hard to find. Some men don't measure up to what a woman wants them to be. Some are coarse, profane, mean and other bad things. But most men are none of those things, and even bad apples in the right hands can... read more

BreakPoint: Civility Now

Our Democracy Depends on It by: John Stonestreet &  G. Shane Morris, June 12, 2017 Democracy requires that citizens actually talk with each other. When we’re no longer capable of that, things fall apart. If there’s an emblem of the hysteria gripping American politics these days,... read more

College Freshmen Are Less Religious Than Ever

Data from a nationwide survey shows students who list their affiliation as "none" has skyrocketed By Allen Downey, May 25, 2017 The number of college students with no religious affiliation has tripled in the last 30 years, from 10 percent in 1986 to 31 percent in 2016, according to data from... read more

Potemkin Universities

By Victor Davis Hanson |Posted: May 04, 2017 12:00 College campuses still appear superficially to be quiet, well-landscaped refuges from the bustle of real life. But increasingly, their spires, quads and ivy-covered walls are facades. They are now no more about free inquiry and unfettered... read more

‘Ending White Privilege Starts With Ending Jewish Privilege’ fliers hung at U. Illinois-Chicago

BY REBECCA DOWNS - REGENT UNIVERSITY • MARCH 21, 2017 Fliers recently hung at the University of Illinois at Chicago declare “Ending White Privilege Starts With Ending Jewish Privilege.” The fliers use Pew Research Center data in an attempt to validate the statement, including that while... read more

Our dying universities

"The discussion and critique of different ideas is a proper notion in a university, but more often today, the person or group holding an opposing idea is attacked, stereotyped, or ridiculed" By Msgr. Charles Pope, February 8, 2017 "The discussion and critique of different ideas is a proper... read more

Faith, Sports, and a Winning Way of Life

Crimson Tide coach says, 'Eucharist is my fuel' by Deirdre Reilly | Updated 20 Sep 2016 University of Alabama associate softball head coach Alyson Habetz sees an energizing connectivity between her faith life and her professional role with the Crimson Tide softball team — and she shares her... read more

Not ‘Getting’ Religion

(Editor's Note: With summer winding down and BreakPoint staff on vacation, we will be re-airing a few popular BreakPoints from John, Eric, and Chuck.) BOOGEYMEN AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS By: Eric Metaxas|Published: August 25, 2016 6:08 AM The unknown can be frightening. And that may explain... read more