One of the great tragedies of the 1960s was an erosion of American morality.

"He who is ignorant of what happened before his birth," warned Cicero, "is forever a child." 

"I wish it need not have happened in my time."
"So do I and so do all who live to see such times.
But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide
is what to do with the time that is given to us."
J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Lord of the Rings"

A few years ago, Ta-Nehisi Coates, winner of a MacArthur genius award, and a popular writer on race in America, admitted he had never heard of Saint Augustine.

"Moral good is a practical stimulus: it is no sooner seen, than it inspires an impulse to practice…" Plutarch

I recently resigned from my position as full tenured professor at the University of Toronto.

Though many parents reject Santa Claus as a fib, Santa Claus is true because he is a symbol of truth.

Each of us has stories: the stories that are chapters of our life.

Each of us has stories: the stories that are chapters of our life.

To all of you I say: do not be victims of the culture.