Karl Marx could not have missed the mark by a wider margin than when he said, “It is easy to become a saint if one does not want to become a man.” Apart from the fact that it is decidedly not easy to become a saint, is Marx’s...
Read More“Man is a rational animal,” which is to say that he is a reasoning being. When he argues irrationally, he may come in for sharp criticism. But he may find himself the target of even sharper criticism when he argues rationally....
Read MoreToward the end of his international best-seller, Crossing the Threshold of Hope, Pope John Paul II makes the startling comment that original sin is, above all, an attempt “to abolish fatherhood”. Tradition teaches that our...
Read MoreVirtue is understated, underappreciated, under-valuated, and misunderstood. This is a sad litany for something as important as virtue. And how important, then, is virtue? It is as important to the moral life as money is to...
Read MoreThere is a certain immediacy about motherhood that cannot be said of fatherhood. Nature goes a long way in helping a mother know what it means to be a mother. Ovulation, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, and breast feeding are...
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