The infinite ‘Seinfeld’ problem
How should we approach artificial intelligence?
Around the midway point of 2021, I remember having my first experience with true, widely-available “artificial intelligence” through DALL-E. The app’s promise...
Pro-life is Pro-being
Service as an essential component of the pro-life movement
Fifty-year anniversaries are typically moments of celebration. In the United States, where institutions are rather short-lived — especially compared...
The ‘twin phenomena’
The psychic link between twins
“I’ve always wondered what it would be like to have a twin!” Whenever I tell someone that I have a twin brother, this...
Only God and Our Mother
Twinhood as an out-of-body experience
The most common question I receive upon meeting new people is, “What is it like being an identical twin?”
I...
The Sacred Heart of Jesus
Discussion on the Perennial Sacrifice
As the world turns, the world sins. The modern age has brought with it death, hate and indifference; but in the midst of...
An apology for the shoeless
This past week, I was rather disturbed by a commentary article posted on the University News’s website. This article, titled “The UD Barefoot Phenomena,” shocked me in its unmerited libel of the...
Putting to bed the anti-barefoot hysteria
“Humans are not Hobbits” — This I agree with, but I disagree with the reflection that was printed on Nov. 16 claiming barefootedness as objectively unacceptable. It is my intention to prove...
What Catholic parishes get wrong — and what UD gets right
Upon arrival at UD I wasn’t exactly what one would call a lifelong Catholic. I was part of a mixed faith household, and though I attended Catholic school and received the sacraments,...
The King’s Body: Thanksgiving and the antidote to democratic ingratitude
Since my earliest memories of Thanksgiving, not a year has gone by without a series of floats and dancing animals parading across my family’s television. I think that some family members would...
Reflections on faith, or the lack thereof
Allow me to bare my soul to you. I was a raging atheist in high school. All my friends were atheist, agnostic or, just to spice things up, Buddhist. As a former...
Priceless porcelain
Preparing to jet off to Rome for a semester under the roman sun is extensive. Meetings, paperwork, saving up and the list goes on. There is so much to do, so a...
A Catholic reflection on midterm elections
The last few weeks saw the results of the midterm elections dominate the news headlines. Talks of a supposed failed red wave, the fate of Roe v. Wade and the 2024 campaign...
The intersection of DC and UD
Any student at the University of Dallas who is a member of Constantin College will be familiar with the politics department. Housed on the second floor of Braniff, students will find some...
The UD barefoot phenomena
Honestly, it is a mystery to the majority of the UD population why certain students prefer to walk around barefoot. We see them everywhere, from walking on the mall to inside the...
November: The Liturgy’s Canto 33
There is nothing quite like November to draw our attention to the poetic quality of the liturgical year. Even in Irving, Texas, the leaves are swirling in gusts of wind and battered...