Coincidentally: Arma Virumque
By an instinct common to all youth who have not had pacifism violently hammered into them, the inventive child will…
Dostoevsky and the Glory of Guilt
There are only a very few authors whose works bear the power of changing the way the whole world is perceived…
Nightfall: Péguy’s La Nuit and the Hope of Discontinuity
The French poet and philosopher Charles Péguy died in September, 1914 with a bullet through his head. He had anticipated the…
Confessions…Of a Computer Hater
Make no mistake: I do not merely hate computers. I loathe, fear, despise, curse, and have constant torture and dismemberment fantasies…
St. Thomas More (1478-1535)
February 7 (the anniversary of his birth) It was the stubble. That, more than anything, drew me to Saint Thomas…
Adam’s Curse: William Butler Yeats on Original Sin
We made a good run in Genesis… all of two and a half chapters before finding ourselves on the business end…
The Merchant of Venice: Shakespearean Insincerity
Insincerity in people is recognized as a problem, which is why Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice is recognized as the “problem play.” The Merchant…
The Liberal Arts and Sexual Morality
Are the liberal arts and sexual morality connected? There is strong evidence that they are, for if we graph their…
Coincidentally: A Bridge to the Future
The promise to “build a bridge to the future” has become a mantra in recent politics. It is less cogent…
“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe: The Madness of Nevermore
There is something of the madman in every man. There is something of the sadist in every sinner. Is there something…
