Ideology is the Enemy of True Faith
Events at the college where I teach have me thinking about the ersatz religion known as ideology.
Answering Atheists Arguments
Dinesh D'Souza's recent article in the Christian Science Monitor stirred up a hornets nest of response from atheists. Todays atheists, D'Souza discovered from their missives, are a scrappy, disputatious bunch. The following article is his response to some of their assertions.
Islam: A Primer
In January 2002 a group of journalists gathered at the Pier House in Key West, Florida, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current religious and cultural issues. The session from which this "Conversation" is drawn featured Harvard historian Roy Mottahedeh, with a response by journalist Jay Tolson.
Blaming the Wartime Pope
During the second world war, Pope Pius XII was lauded for his singular efforts to halt the carnage, writes Newsweek's Kenneth Woodward.
In Praise of Good Teachers
Both Aristotle and Saint Thomas Aquinas speak of the debts of gratitude we owe to others — to God, to our parents, to our city or nation — anyone from whom we receive benefits.
Holmes & his commentators
According to Hazlitt, if we wish to know the force of human genius, we have only to read Shakespeare, but if we wish to know the futility of human learning, we have only to read his commentators.
True Friends of Liberty Are Rare Indeed
To insist that freedom is inseparable from virtue while also emphasizing the need for strong limits on government power is becoming a very lonely path in today's America.
Recovering Our Legacy: The Many Uses of the American Past
We Americans need to know our history. And we need to know it far better than we have in the past.
Romantic subversion: The forgotten lLife and work of novelist Sigrid Undset
I have another friend who thanks me to this day for introducing him to Sigrid Undset.