The Price of Idiocy
When I was asked to name the contemporary writer whom I most admired, I used without hesitation to say — until he died in 2014 — Pierre Ryckmans, better known as Simon Leys.
The Way of Che
The Irish Post Office has issued a stamp to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Ernesto Guevara.
Conscience is our constant companion, leading us to Heaven or Hell
Third in a series on an essential, often misunderstood element of the moral life.
Let's stop using "conscience" as a mere excuse for a lazy immorality
Part II of a series: Using "my conscience" as the universal excuse for all behavior.
Let's have a grown-up conversation about one's conscience
First in a series on an essential, often misunderstood element of the moral life.
Book Review: Roger Scruton's 'On Human Nature'
On Earth Day, April 22, tens of thousands of activists held the first "March for Science" in cities around the world.
On Collective Guilt
Collective guilt means that the sins of our fathers or ancestors are our sins.
If We Are Not Just Animals, What Are We?
Philosophers and theologians in the Christian tradition have regarded human beings as distinguished from the other animals by the presence within them of a divine spark.
7 Points to ponder in the profound pastoral letter of Archbishop José Gomez
"For Greater Things You were Born" is beautiful, instructive, challenging and can provide great lectio during Lent.
