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  • Why Chesterton Would Classify Many Modern Individuals as ‘Half-Witted’

    Why Chesterton Would Classify Many Modern Individuals as ‘Half-Witted’0

    Not all that long ago something called zero population growth was all the rage.  But no more. The great fear was a worldwide population explosion. But no more. Certainly not in the western industrialized world. And not even in a rapidly urbanizing Muslim world. G. K. Chesterton was many things, but he was not a

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  • Why Chesterton Matters More Than Ever

    Why Chesterton Matters More Than Ever0

    As fall approaches and students head off to college, can hitting the books be far behind?  Maybe the attack is already underway, as incoming freshmen finally turn to that summer reading assigned by colleges at the time of their acceptance.  But for all students there are syllabi to be read, books to be purchased—and perhaps

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  • Why Chesterton Despised Thanksgiving Day

    Why Chesterton Despised Thanksgiving Day0

    Did you know that England also has a Thanksgiving Day?  Well, actually it doesn’t. But G. K. Chesterton did propose such a day for his England. And therein lies a tale, or at least a few thoughts for a Thanksgiving Day conversation.  Chesterton’s thoughts on thanksgiving with a small “t” are not at issue here.

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  • Why Chesterton Appreciated Paganism

    Why Chesterton Appreciated Paganism0

    For more than thirty years G. K. Chesterton wrote a weekly essay for the Illustrated London News. In a 1932 piece, now known as “The Loss of True Paganism,” Chesterton took note of a phenomenon that is still very much with us today. The phenomenon in question was the decline of religious belief and religious practice

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  • Why Charles M. Schulz Added a Black Character to the Peanuts Gang

    Why Charles M. Schulz Added a Black Character to the Peanuts Gang1

    On April 15, 1968, Harriet Glickman, a schoolteacher and mother of three, wrote a short letter to cartoonist Charles M. Schulz. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated less than two weeks before. Much of the momentum of the Civil Right Movement seemed lost. Glickman explained to Schulz that she felt a need to

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  • Why Censorship Doesn’t Really Work

    Why Censorship Doesn’t Really Work0

    If it was up to the devotees of political correctness, we should never utter certain words or phrases. Why? Because according to postmodern philosophy words are as powerful as fists and guns; they are tools of pain and oppression. Let’s leave aside for a moment the issue of whether words are really weapons. Let’s also

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