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  • The Twisted Optimism of the Miserabilists

    The Twisted Optimism of the Miserabilists0

    With deaths mounting, economies tanking and unemployment growing, it’s hard to see anything positive in the coronavirus pandemic – other than rehearsing for something worse down the pike. However, optimism flourishes in odd places. In fact, some people batten on the misery of a world in turmoil. Here are a few miserabilists who see a

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  • Toilet Paper Derangement Syndrome: It’s Here and It’s Real

    Toilet Paper Derangement Syndrome: It’s Here and It’s Real0

    I was at the dentist’s office last week for a checkup when Dr. H came in wearing his usual colorful smock. He poked around in my mouth, and then said to his assistant, “Number 15 is going to have to come out.” “Number 15?” I asked. “The molar at the back on the top left.

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  • The Grim Reader: Five Plague-Related Stories for Quarantine

    The Grim Reader: Five Plague-Related Stories for Quarantine0

    In times of social distancing, fear, and sickness, it’s always interesting to look back at the past and see how others have dealt with similar situations. Here are five relevant reads for times such as these: The Plague, by Albert Camus. It is said that when the French become philosophical, they write novels. The great French

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  • Viktor Frankl: Saying Yes to Life in Difficult Times

    Viktor Frankl: Saying Yes to Life in Difficult Times0

    Man’s Search for Meaning is one of the most powerful arguments for human dignity of the 20th Century. The author is Viktor Frankl, an Austrian psychiatrist and a Jew, who spent about three years in concentration camps, including Auschwitz. His father, mother, brother and his pregnant wife all perished in the camps. Frankl was astonishingly

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  • Witnesses in the Cloud: Church in the Time of COVID

    Witnesses in the Cloud: Church in the Time of COVID0

    The novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, represents a threat on many fronts: physical, mental, societal, financial, political, and so on. An oft-neglected aspect of the pandemic, however, is the strain it has placed on American religious life. In addition to the threats to our bodies and wallets, these are also “the times that try

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  • Did Communism Make the East More Culturally Stable Than the West?

    Did Communism Make the East More Culturally Stable Than the West?0

    Communism is an oppressive totalitarian ideology that strips people of every aspect of liberty, attacks religious institutions, and has resulted in the death of over 100 million people through its sordid and bloody history. With all the horrors that Communism has rained upon the globe, it’s hard to imagine it could bring any benefit to

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