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  • Fatherhood Is an Art

    Fatherhood Is an Art0

    My daughter has intensely blue eyes, bright, cerulean, sky, and turquoise all mixed and glittering in mesmerizing orbs. Life, light, and laughter shimmer there, along with the hints of her own kind of wisdom. Where did this depth come from? Where this character, this soul? She is both mine and not mine. No human achievement

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  • Father-Daughter Dances Are No Longer Politically Correct

    Father-Daughter Dances Are No Longer Politically Correct0

    Around Valentine’s Day, it’s not uncommon to see pictures of little girls dressed up, smiling, and excited to go with their dads to a father-daughter dance. Such has long been the case at New York PS 65, a public elementary school on Staten Island. But as CBS News reports, the annual father-daughter dance is being

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  • Father Loss and Narcissism: Is There a Connection?

    Father Loss and Narcissism: Is There a Connection?0

    Sitting in the park recently, my contemplations were interrupted by a man wielding a large camera, three young ladies pacing behind him. Motioning to the bench on which I was sitting he asked, “Can we use this for our photo shoot?” “Oh, um, sure,” I said. Glancing over my shoulder as I left, I saw

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  • Father Brown’s Lesson for American Education

    Father Brown’s Lesson for American Education0

    I was a voracious reader as a child, and I’ve become one again in the past few months. Unfortunately, my teen years were filled with many wasted hours as I pursued video games rather than learning, reading, or many other more productive activities. I was far from alone in this. More than a quarter of

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  • Father Brown and the Nature of Logic

    Father Brown and the Nature of Logic0

    Society seems to be rejecting logic, embracing a feelings-based approach to politics and other subjects instead. Experts and data are no longer valued and emotions rule the day, causing how one feels about a situation to hold more weight than actual reality. This is problematic on a number of fronts. For one, the abandonment of

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  • Fate and Accountability: The Choice Makes Us Who We Are

    Fate and Accountability: The Choice Makes Us Who We Are0

    In “The Appointment In Samarra,” his brief retelling of a an ancient Mesopotamian tale, W. Somerset Maugham offers this look at fate: Death speaks: There was a merchant in Bagdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and in a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, Master, just now

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