By Prof. Carroll William Westfall, The Francesco Montana Chair in Architecture
For more than 50 years government policies, architects, and developers have been building and rebuilding cities that serve the private interests of individuals at the expense of the common good sought by…
Read More >By David Campbell, John Cardinal O’Hara, C.S.C., Associate Professor of Political Science and
Director, Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy
It has become commonplace, even clichéd, to speak of Americans as politically polarized.…
Read More >By Sandra M. Gustafson, associate professor of English in the College of Arts and Letters
The stories we tell matter, and the startling success of True Grit reminds us why. Released on December 22, 2010, the Coen brothers’ remake of the film that won John Wayne his only Oscar…
Read More >As first-year students at the University of Notre Dame, our seminar class expressed the desire to make a difference in our society by expressing our opinions of the Forum and its intentions. When we looked at the Forum website, we saw discussions and essays written by professors, religious figures,…
Read More >By Robert Schmuhl, Walter H. Annenberg-Edmund P. Joyce Professor of American Studies and Journalism in the College of Arts and Letters
Adapted from an essay published in the winter 2010-2011 issue of Notre Dame…