Ancient biographers' assessment of Alexander the Great is strikingly different from that of his modern biographers. For in our age, we tend think that heroism is a mere cover for self-interest. Continue Reading »
John Keown spoke recently about the ethics of nuclear weapons. In his lecture, “The Pope and the Bomb: The Ethics of Nuclear Deterrence,” Keown argued that the aiming of nuclear weapons at cities and intending to use them in order to deter enemy attacks is immoral. Keown’s moral reasoning . . . . Continue Reading »
We are surrounded by professionals who aren’t that professional, experts who aren’t very competent, leaders who can’t lead but won’t step down. Continue Reading »
Suicides among Americans aged ten to twenty-four increased by more than 50 percent between 2007 and 2017. The suicide rate for all ages rose by nearly 30 percent between 1999 and 2016. This is not an isolated trend. Life expectancy in the United States is falling, a shocking trend for a rich . . . . Continue Reading »
Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu by anshel pfeffer basic, 432 pages, $32 After Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin was murdered by an ultra-Zionist fanatic in November 1995, the veteran anti-Israel terrorist Yasser Arafat was among the mourners welcomed at Rabin’s home to . . . . Continue Reading »
American Priest should be commended for inciting conflict concerning a host of important questions. Continue Reading »
Many Catholic and conservative leaders joined in on cyber-lynching of their own young followers after the Covington Catholic incident at the March for Life. Continue Reading »
The eagerness of young men and women to know and live the faith fully is encouraging in this time of trial and purification. Continue Reading »
Someone wrote a letter recently to the editor of a denominational magazine, proposing that since the staff at the denomination's main offices had been mandated at a recent ecclesiastical assembly to review its bureaucratic structures, this would be a good time to change the “executive director” . . . . Continue Reading »
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