The statesman he became outside the home was never more important than the father he was inside it.

Walker Percy (1916–1990), American novelist whose works include "The Moviegoer" and "Love in the Ruins", took as his subject "the dislocation of man in the modern age."

On the day after Thanksgiving, the Church rejoices in the intercessions of Pope Saint Clement of Rome. 

Let's start with a couple of questions that are bound to be on the minds of people outside church circles.

The following is excerpted from Paul Kengor's excellent book, "A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century."

Father Arne Panula died quite publicly and for a very long time.

Dave Brubeck (1920–2012), as a great American musician and composer, is known throughout the world.

His bravery on behalf of freedom gained him the gratitude of oppressed peoples everywhere.

There are those who would not let facts get in the way of theory, and such was the English philosopher Herbert Spencer who promoted the "survival of the fittest."

In the 1960s and 1970s, a new kind of media called "television" entered homes everywhere as an immense expansion of access to information and entertainment.