Core Decorum

The more we get, the less excited we are to receive things. Adults are rarely as excited to receive gifts as children. Even the success that comes from hard work becomes less exhilarating over...

The absurdity of life’s inequality is one of the most baffling counterpoints to the power of reason in the world. Often the things born first from luck, like our various talents, end up defining...

Patience is one of the most useful virtues to have, but perhaps the most difficult to cultivate. Time is one of the few things that we still cannot control and we often have no...

There is a musicality in all things. The whole world moves and seems to spin a tune with each turn. In the Paradiso, Dante sees the heavenly stars move. One of the saints in...

As University of Dallas students settle into a new semester, some look with eager anticipation at the Rome days to come, while others view the Rome semester as already merely another fond memory. Groundhog...