“In Islam and the Qur’an there is everything. Parts that actually speak of peace are mixed with outrageous claims that run in the opposite sense, especially with regard to those who have different beliefs. Therefore, […]
Editor’s note: The following commencement address was given on Thursday, May 25, 2017, at The Cambridge School of Dallas. ———– “We did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and […]
An old rhyme used to go: “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never harm me.” Today, this old rhymester had it all wrong. The only things that can really harm us […]
“Benedict Option“ is a fertile expression that could refer to several things worth discussing. Saint Benedict had one version of what it means, Rod Dreher has another, and commentators have presented still more. For Benedict himself […]
Man is a rational animal. From a moral standpoint, that means he aspires to act—and often does act—in accordance with principles that join together to form an ideal of life. He’s also social, so his […]
I. In London this past week, on March 22nd, a British-born Muslim, Kalid Masood, drove a truck into pedestrians crossing the Westminster Bridge, near the historic Parliament building. Masood next jumped out of the truck, […]
Exactly four years ago on the First Day of Spring, I left Washington to come here to Los Gatos in California. The day of departure, the Spring Equinox, was deliberately chosen. The days become longer; […]
A couple of months ago I commented on how modern ways of thinking make it hard to understand human life. I didn’t say so specifically, but a big part of the problem has to do […]
• Is it bad form to confess that I haven’t been to an Ash Wednesday service since 2003? Not to worry: my pastor knows all about it. And he hasn’t been to one since probably […]
I. In all institutions we find a difference between what the constitutions or authorized descriptions define them to be and what they turn out to be in practice. We hear of two constitutions—one “written” and […]
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