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Home: Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGEArticles:How to Win the Culture War - Peter KreeftIf you don't know that our entire civilization is in crisis, I hope you had a nice vacation on the moon. Here is a three point checklist for the culture wars. Read more... Humanity was most fragile of all - Rev. Raymond de SouzaOver the weekend the too-fragile levees that protect New Orleans were already being repaired. Years from now, we shall likely forget how fragile indeed are the things that man builds. But we shall be haunted for some time by the other news from the whirlwind, that more fragile still was our culture, our civilization, our common humanity. Read more... In Tough Times, Americans Rediscover a Forgotten Virtue - Colleen Carroll Campbell"Thrift," said the Roman philosopher Seneca, "comes too late when you find it at the bottom of your purse." The truth behind that age-old adage is painfully obvious to millions of Americans today. Read more... Inner Cities Need the Irish Solution - MARK GAUVREAU JUDGEBecause the Irish have been so completely assimilated into this country we frequently forget that they once had problems every bit as severe as today's blacks. Read more... Inside the strict faith of unfaith - Rex MurphyStephen Harper ended his address to the Canadian troops with what has become a signature salutation: “God bless Canada.” Read more... Intense Atheism - Paul VitzI will begin by addressing the deep personal psychology of the great — or at least the passionate and influential — atheists. Read more... Introduction: The Two Kinds of Honor - James BowmanFrom the earliest records of human civilization until the dawn of the twentieth century, and in widely separated cultures throughout the world, the story of honor was inseparable from the story of mankind. Today, an acquaintance with the concept of honor is indispensable to understanding the culture of the Islamic world and its sense of grievance against the West, where honor has been disregarded or actively despised for three-quarters of a century. Read more... Is Humanism a Religion? - G.K. ChestertonThere is a certain problem or challenge to modern thought. It is the problem of whether Humanism can satisfy humanity. The question really is whether Humanism can perform all the functions of religion. Read more... Is Pornography the New Tobacco? - Mary EberstadtA curious reversal in moralizing. Read more... Is The World Falling Apart? - James V. Schall, S.J.“It is a nice day,” I said to a lady in jogging togs as she ran past me in the park. But she said that she “could not enjoy it.” “Why?” I asked. “Well, I am so upset,” she replied. “I have been watching CNN News and the world seems to be falling apart.” Later, as I was reading Aristotle with my class, it was amazing how he was able to put things into perspective. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 07-Nov-2009 - 11:09:55
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