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-Mary Szromba | Wednesday, January 15, 2020
One of President Trump’s major campaign promises was an end to prolonged conflicts in the Middle East. “I’m the guy that didn’t want to go to war,” he said in 2016, and his anti-deployment stance likely won him the votes of those living in counties with high military casualty rates. For a while the president
Mary Szromba | Wednesday, December 4, 2019
“If it is between Donald Trump and a ham sandwich, I will vote for a ham sandwich — and so will the rest of America.” Over the course of this holiday weekend I have had to listen to this phrase from my father no less than 20 times. He first proclaimed it when he found
Mary Szromba | Wednesday, November 13, 2019
In last week’s column “What is Religion?,” what seemed like a thoughtful, intelligent exploration of what it means to be religious, how modern Catholics fit into society and what increasing secularization means for Christians today, ended up being a list of ways religious Americans have been victimized and persecuted by the left. I believe it
Mary Szromba | Wednesday, October 30, 2019
I must admit I am completely dumbfounded by Lindsey Graham. When I decided to write about him this week, I was hoping I’d be able to come up with some sort of argument about his politics or his recent behavior, but I am at a loss. Instead, I am only left with questions: What happened
Mary Szromba | Wednesday, October 9, 2019
In 1989, there were 198 billionaires in the world. Ten years later in 1999, that number increased to 465 – that’s about 2.3 times more. Today, there are 2,153 billionaires. That’s 4.6 times more billionaires in the same number of years. Meanwhile, almost 600 million people live in extreme poverty around the world. Regardless of
Mary Szromba | Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Shame can be a useful tool for unlearning behavior. For example, today I felt some shame when I was somehow late to every class despite the fact they were all in the same building. Hopefully, the shame I felt today will prompt me to be on time tomorrow, and in this way it will help
Mary Szromba | Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Imagine all 50 states and some major cities are on a boat, and the boat is sinking. In fact, it’s riddled with holes. Someone has the bright idea to divvy up the holes and assign them, and everyone quickly gets to work. Some states do what they can to fix their ruptures, others do nothing
Mary Szromba | Wednesday, August 28, 2019
There is a plague on campus. It’s a disease that Notre Dame has struggled with for decades, and it doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon. It seeps into the Notre Dame consciousness, slowly conquers the whole system and wreaks its havoc. No, I’m not talking about leggings. I’m talking about apathy. Pure, unadulterated