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  • Self-Esteem: Not the Virtue We Think It Is

    Self-Esteem: Not the Virtue We Think It Is0

    Can you name the seven traditional cardinal virtues? Author G.K. Chesterton makes it easy, dividing the seven into “pagan” and “Christian” virtues. Among the former were prudence, courage, temperance, and justice. Among the latter were faith, hope, and charity. Humility apparently didn’t make the cut. Was it worth defending? Chesterton certainly thought so. But since

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  • Self Control: The Overlooked Key to Wealth and Health

    Self Control: The Overlooked Key to Wealth and Health0

    Experts often tell us that actions are a product of our genetics and environment. Happiness, health, and success correlate with biological or external realities. We can’t escape them, but we must cope with them. Turns out, that’s only part of the story. We have a secret weapon to take back ownership of our fates.    Self-control. 

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  • Seeing Through the Russia-Ukraine Propaganda

    Seeing Through the Russia-Ukraine Propaganda0

    “My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth.” George Washington wrote that about war in a letter in 1785, and unfortunately, 200 plus years later, we have yet to see this wish (that so many have fervently joined him in) come to pass. War is a gruesome, banal, horrific

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  • Seeing the Lamp by the Light of the Tree

    Seeing the Lamp by the Light of the Tree0

    Yesterday evening, on my way home from the gym, I found myself waiting at a stoplight. Not being one who feels the urgency to check for text messages at every available moment, I ignored the handheld device which, in any event, I hadn’t bothered to bring with me, and looked about me. At such moments,

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  • Seeing Ourselves in the Mystical Mirror

    Seeing Ourselves in the Mystical Mirror1

    Those of us who love literature are puzzled by those who are indifferent to its goodness, truth and beauty. We are perplexed by those who won’t read fiction because they want the facts and nothing but the facts. We are bemused by those who won’t read poetry, preferring prose, because they want to remain grounded

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  • Seeing Others as Collectively Evil Is the Root of All Evil

    Seeing Others as Collectively Evil Is the Root of All Evil0

    Philip Zimbardo, a former president of the American Psychological Association, observed that the American soldiers who committed atrocities at the Abu Ghraib prison were not inherently evil: “The line between good and evil is permeable. Any of us can move across it… I argue that we all have the capacity for love and evil —

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