For many of us, when and whether to wear a mask is a painful and divisive issue.

To destroy, to smash, are primitive pleasures, and when they are allied to an ideological purpose it's a pleasure of almost orgasmic intensity.

"The mob" is out to cancel anyone who crosses it. Paris Dennard describes the problem and offers a solution.

By early March 1865, more than a million Americans had killed or wounded each other in civil war; the killing, wounding, and maiming continued for another month or so. 

I have been reading the works of Saint Hildegard (1098–1179), the visionary mystic, naturalist, scriptural exegete, artist, and musical composer.

In May 1968 in Paris,  I discovered my vocation.

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.

Hatred comes first, and reasons follow after.

I cannot think of any politician, thinker or novelist who has sent so much comfort and aspiration to so many people.