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  When Jesus, asked about inheriting eternal life, affirmed the need for the Great Commandment to love God before all things and your neighbor as yourself, the expert in Jewish law (“wishing to justify himself”) then asked, “And who is my neighbor?” (Luke 10:25-29). Jesus... Read More →

  In his prime, professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan was one of the most recognizable strongmen on the planet. His recent passing made national news even in Japan, where he was beloved by generations of fans. As a world-famous muscle-flexer and, in his last year,... Read More →

  The “bro-choice” movement is attempting to make a comeback this year in the commonwealth of Virginia which has elections,  in November. According to the Virginia Independent, the local Planned Parenthood organization “recently announced its launch of ‘Bros for Repro.’” The... Read More →

  Charly is a 1968 sci-fi movie based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Daniel Keyes (which itself was based on the author’s 1958 short story “Flowers for Algernon.”) Charly Gordon is an intellectually disabled man, and Algernon is a laboratory mouse. Scientists have... Read More →

  Robert Cardinal Sarah wrote a wonderful book, The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise, in which he reminds us that we need to escape from the tyranny of endless distractions produced by constant sound. We must learn how to place ourselves silently before... Read More →

  In the book of Leviticus, God calls on the Israelites to accept thoroughly, and follow willingly, the Divine blueprint for living given to Moses on Mt. Sinai (26:3 – 27:34). The Almighty commands the nation of Israel to embrace this new way of life so that they may... Read More →

  The name Hans Vaihinger is virtually unknown today, but we Americans very much live in his world. Vaihinger, a German philosopher, created a minor sensation more than a century ago with the publication in 1911 of The Philosophy of ‘As If’ (the English translation, The... Read More →

(This is a reprint from July 8, 2024) Last week, we celebrated the 248th anniversary of our nation’s Declaration of Independence, a bold act of defiance that ultimately, after eight long years of revolutionary war, resulted in Great Britain’s recognition of the sovereignty of the... Read More →

  My father had a signature to rival John Hancock’s. The “J” of his “John” was just as intricate and imposing as the well-known one on the Declaration of Independence. And the “f” in his “Caulfield” was a unique series of... Read More →

  Trendy people make no secret of their trendiness. They proclaim it as if it were worthy of imitation. In my reading, which is not always pleasant, I came across a sentence that rises from the very heart of trendiness: “Lifestyle always overpowers traditional morality.” It is a... Read More →