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 »
America enjoys religious freedom because the framers understood that religion inculcates public morality. A free society, in which government intervention is limited, is not possible in a population enslaved to vice. Continue Reading »
No, not the masks you assume I have in mind, the masks that have become such a bone of contention in our society. The masks I have in mind are the kind referred to by C. S. Lewis in a passage from his autobiography, Surprised by Joy. Discussing his experience as a soldier in the Great War, he . . . . Continue Reading »
Moral principles are either true or false, sound or unsound, regardless of their foundation. We should not, and indeed cannot, separate the beliefs of faith from the convictions and evidence of reason. Continue Reading »
J. Budziszewski joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, How and How not to Be Happy. Continue Reading »
Those involved in the debates over American nationalism will find Samuel Goldman’s skeptical intervention, After Nationalism: Being American in an Age of Division, a refreshing read. Free of histrionics, Goldman’s sober and succinct exercise in historically informed political theory . . . . Continue Reading »
Memory is the soil out of which the present and future grow. Continue Reading »
Jealousy is often confused with envy. Envy is coveting something someone else possesses. It is one of the deadliest corrosives on the human soul, as it suggests that we should not be content with what we have. Jealousy, in contrast, bespeaks a desire to hold on to what one has. Though often . . . . Continue Reading »
The words “piety” and “pious” have an archaic ring; moderns find them hard to use without irony or a sneer. Pejorative senses of the words predominate, such as those the Oxford English Dictionary gives for “piety” (“a sanctimonious statement, a commonplace”) and for . . . . Continue Reading »
Loss of humility is visible wherever we turn. Continue Reading »
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