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  • Can Bad People Truly Be Happy?

    Can Bad People Truly Be Happy?0

    • October 22, 2015

    It can be frustrating when those who are unkind to us, who wrong us, or who commit injustices toward others are successful by worldly standards. Perhaps they have plenty of friends, good jobs, power, or a lot of money.   But according to Plato in his dialogue Gorgias, those who do bad things cannot truly

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  • Viktor Frankl on Finding Meaning in Suffering

    Viktor Frankl on Finding Meaning in Suffering0

    We all suffer. For some it will be a short duration. For others, we are trapped in a prison, figurative or literal, for the duration. Viktor Frankl was one of those trapped in a literal prison, a hell, surviving four different concentration camps in Nazi Germany. His story in Man’s Search for Meaning is incredible

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  • These John Paul II Quotes will Cause a Stir

    These John Paul II Quotes will Cause a Stir0

    You may not know it, but Pope John Paul II (1978-2005) was canonized last year by the Catholic Church. As a saint, he now has a feast day, which is today, October 22. Known for many things, the Pope played an important role battling it out with the Evil Empire, thereby weakening the Soviet Union

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  • Why It’s Almost Impossible to Rationally Argue with People Today

    Why It’s Almost Impossible to Rationally Argue with People Today0

    • October 21, 2015

    As a lot of us know, the most important issues today are the most difficult to have a rational argument about. It can be very frustrating. Philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre also recognizes this problem in chapter 2 of his justly famous work, After Virtue: “The most striking feature of contemporary moral utterance is that so much

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  • New Study: Marriage is Better for the Economy

    New Study: Marriage is Better for the Economy0

    It’s no secret that married parents are better for children. But did you know that married parents are also better for a state’s economy? That’s the finding from a new study released by the American Enterprise Institute. States which have 75% or more of their children living in married households – such as Utah, Idaho,

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  • Nazi Germany Was Highly Educated

    Nazi Germany Was Highly Educated0

    There’s a persistent temptation for modern societies to identify education with formal schooling.   America seems to have fallen into that temptation. Education today is almost wholly associated with school, and improvements to education are focused on raising proficiency scores, helping students meet “standards,” and designing a more efficient system. It is often claimed that

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