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The University and Free Speech

By Bruce Ledewitz

In a FIRE survey, my University–Duquesne–was unfairly slammed. But the real news of the survey was the lack of commitment to free speech among students. We can do something about that only if we ourselves believe in a rational and beneficent universe. My op-ed today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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Is Indonesian Spirituality In Our Future?

Jun 1, 2026

My column today in OnlySky. Indonesia models a different kind of secularism, premised on religious diversity and coexistence. Bruce Ledewitz 01 Jun 2026 My wife, Patt, and I just returned from a life-altering visit to Indonesia. I would never have believed that a...

Violating the Conscience of the Taxpayer

May 3, 2026

This column was scheduled to run in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but the new ownership is not using columnists. Trib/Live graciously picked it up. Bruce Ledewitz: Violating the conscience of the taxpayer Recently, a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court decision struck down...

We Live After God

Apr 28, 2026

David Bentley Hart and Peter Sloterdijk agree on that--my column today in OnlySky. Living in a future 'After God' We live in an era without religious assumptions, but do we know how to live without them? Bruce Ledewitz 28 Apr 2026 Most readers of OnlySky may be...