One of the most fundamental divides in the history of philosophy is that between a more Platonic approach and a more Aristotelian approach.

Martin Luther liked to say, "Don't lie when you pray." 

It is a part of the destiny of man, wrote Malcolm Muggeridge, "to pursue both power and love, knowing them to be incompatible...

O God, in your mercy, deliver your people from another column about politics.

Friends are not usually mentors. 

In 1977, the French essayist, Jean-François Revel, published a tract with the title "The Totalitarian Temptation."

There is an astonishing amount of bullying going on right now — in academia and elsewhere.

It may not be long before "Ladies and Gentlemen" ceases to start a speech, as the result of blurring the distinction between man and gentleman, and woman and lady.

Thomas Howard explains in clear and beautiful prose the way materialism robs us of beauty, depth, and truth. With laser precision and lyrical ponderings he takes us through the dismal reductionist view of the world to the shimmering significance of the world as sign and sacrament. 

Racism is a real problem, but it's part of a much bigger problem.