"One parent is a nonpracticing Catholic and the other a nonpracticing Jew, and he is totally confused?"
I guess he didn't get a great start on life in that sense so you are right, no wonder the boy is confused.
So your point brings us back to the subject of the thread, as a young conservative this guy is heading in a direction of growth. I hope he keeps writing and challenging his peers.
Well, he seems to have a sense of humor. He will need a sense of the absurd to get through Yale.