Regarding the buildup to Christmas, C.S. Lewis had this to say: “Long before December 25th everyone is worn out — physically worn out by weeks of daily struggle in overcrowded shops, mentally worn out by the effort to remember all the right recipients and to think out suitable gifts for them. They are in no
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Dr. Gregory Sadler, known for his accessible YouTube videos on philosophy, was asked to name ten philosophy books he would bring to a desert island. In the video that appears at the bottom of this post, he chose the following books because they “encapsulate [many] other viewpoints” and “have a lot of meat” to them.
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Every day, a new article about how terrible Millennials are pops up on my social media feeds. And every day, I roll my eyes and inwardly groan. Article after article claims to explain how college students are self-absorbed and overly sensitive, how recent college graduates can’t find jobs and are drowning in debt from student loans, how so many Millennials
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Undoubtedly, one of my best educational experiences was the graduate-level Latin course I took in Rome. Within six months, the teacher was able to clear up all confusion that had accumulated in my previous six years of Latin. How? Well, for one, the teacher was one of the best Latinists in the world: Fr.
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For thousands of years, the maxim “moderation in all things” was accepted as a given, and prudentially applied by men and women to their various activities. Today, apparently, some people feel more comfortable if science repeatedly confirms the truth of this maxim. Yesterday, the New York Times reported that scientific studies have shown
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A fascinating article in The New York Times reporting on attempts to assimilate Muslim immigrants explodes the idea of multiculturalism and unwittingly reveals the hypocrisy of the modern, liberal society. Tolerance and acceptance, equality, moral relativism, these have become the trademarks of much of the West’s modern culture. Yet, while many do want tolerance and
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