The artificial “lady” is the problem; “rational creature” is the solution. Rational creatures are capable of exercising and growing in virtue, in cultivating habits that make heroism possible. Continue Reading »
Seder Night, the lengthy ritualistic meal of the first night of Passover, is considered one of the most important events in the Jewish calendar. Mark Gerson’s new work underscores—with great panache and enthusiasm—perhaps the most underappreciated facet of the evening: the . . . . Continue Reading »
The First Things Podcast, Episode 30. Featuring: Fordham ethicist Charles Camosy on the euthanasia of Charlie Gard; and Julia Yost on sin and death in Jane Austen. Continue Reading »
His adaptation of Lady Susan downplays a key fact: Austen’s women jockey among themselves for status and power. Men may be the prizes, but they’re not the point. Continue Reading »
The holiday season was too busy for me to compile this sort of list, especially with a move to a new home thrown in, an event that always makes one ambivalent about book ownership anyhow. Isnt time to invest in a Kindle? was the crack my younger economist friend made as we filled . . . . Continue Reading »
This is going to be an odd essay. The argument, in a nut-shell, is that those officially charged with being our youth leaders, whether by religious groups or schools, as well as those who unofficially are youth leaders, simply by being youths themselves that their peers might follow if invited and . . . . Continue Reading »