Life in New York City can be hard for anyone who has difficulty accommodating paradoxes. 

A few decades ago, I had lunch with Daniel Carroll in Howard County, Maryland, during which he used a pop-up toaster in his grand dining room, which was hung with ancestral portraits.

"Bishop Schneider is a humble and heroic witness to the truth.... To the various questions .... he responds as a faithful pastor and a perspicacious theologian. I found myself inspired and challenged." - Scott Hahn

I've given thousands of lectures around the country and have always made it a practice to allow for as many questions as possible. Here are the most interesting ones I've been asked, and the answers I gave. Here is Peter Kreeft's Introduction to his book "Ask Peter Kreeft" along with three sample questions and his answers. 

Do not be content with anything less than the highest ideals! 

The thirty days of November have long borne a lugubrious designation: the month of the dead.

A 1973 film directed by Orson Welles was about forgers, and it turned out to be something of a forgery itself.

Denver Catholic:   Based on your experience, what would you say are some of the greatest needs of young people in the Church in the United States?

Pray for an apostolic exhortation that glorifies and lifts up Jesus Christ as the only way to salvation.

Attorney General William Barr was excoriated by the mainstream press and the social media offenderati for his speech at the (Roman Catholic) University of Notre Dame last week.