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-Andrew Rebholz | Wednesday, December 5, 2018
“Peggy Noonan is universally admired for the stirring prose, keen insight and the moral perspective of her commentary on America and the world,” University President Fr. John I. Jenkins. One might say too universally admired. Anger and Resentment, the twin pets of the public, have been on the rise these last few days, as seniors stir in a
Andrew Rebholz | Wednesday, November 14, 2018
I’ll never forget walking in on my roommate freshman year. For some reason, he’d plugged his computer into the TV and was watching it on the big screen, hungry eyes glued to the flashing pictures in front of him, so that I had a full view of the video as I walked into the space.
Andrew Rebholz | Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Freddy is your average every-man: works 9 to 5, enjoys watching “Blue Bloods” and “Family Guy,” closet-Presbyterian, knives for fingers. Just an honest American worker, Freddy Krueger’s made quite a name for himself in the dream-demon industry. Though many of us have heard the stories of his infamous hauntings, many have not heard his story,
Andrew Rebholz | Tuesday, October 9, 2018
In light of the growing Kavanaugh controversy, Observer columnist Andrew Rebholz published a column last week attempting to reconcile disparate political parties, sympathizing with Prof. Ford and other assault victims in our country, while at the same time understanding that nobody ought to be villainized until a certain burden of proof has been met. In
Andrew Rebholz | Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Truly, this Saturday could be the game day to end all game days. As a senior, I was stoked to see my Irish stand up against those Wolverines and come out victorious — I’d call that the highlight of my college football experience, even after last year’s smashing of Southern Cal. However, I do think
Andrew Rebholz | Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Last week, Katie Doe, recent ND grad, took her vows and officially joined the Little Sisters of the Poor. Dedicating her life to the Church and putting her love and labors into the hands of God, Ms. Doe was almost immediately caught up in a growing outrage with certain women who choose religious life. “It’s
Andrew Rebholz | Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Heinrich was a little disheartened when he approached those pearly gates, because he’d spent the entirety of his life making fun of such silly notions. “Son of a—” Suddenly all those jokes at his mother’s pious colloquialisms had come back to bite him in the buns. But then, he quickly came to a fun idea.
Andrew Rebholz | Wednesday, August 29, 2018
“How many candidates are doing this a few weeks before an election?” Cut to a bearded man in a brown shirt and what might be a beret riding a tractor. No, I haven’t yet seen that. “How many are rock-solid progressive Democrats?” I don’t know; I haven’t yet seen that. Whistling to patriotic tunes, Nate