Paul Tillich and “The Shape of Water”
SPOILER ALERT! I knew that The Shape of Water would win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It...
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Tag: Western culture
An Evening with William Lane Craig
Ten years ago, when I was a visiting scholar at the North American College in Rome, I fell into a...
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The Surprising Message of “Downsizing”
SPOILER ALERT! When I saw the trailer for Alexander Payne’s new film, Downsizing, I thought the...
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Daily Catholic Quote — from Dr. Peter Kreeft
“Our culture has filled our heads but emptied our hearts, stuffed our wallets but starved our...
Read MoreTruly Right and Just Thanksgiving
From November 25, 2016… It is truly right and just At every Mass, one of the most significant dialogues in human life occurs. The priest says, “Let us give thanks to the Lord our God,” the faithful respond, “It is right...
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The New Evangelization and the Nones
On Monday this week I had the joy to attend the Erasmus Lecture in New York sponsored annually by...
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Three Root Issues that stand between Catholics and the Modern World
The great philosopher Aristotle said “The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied...
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Three Root Issues that stand between Catholics and the Modern World
The great philosopher Aristotle said “The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied...
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Marx, Atheistic Materialism and Class Struggle
If ever someone challenges the truthfulness of the concept that “ideas have consequences” it would...
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A Philosophy Built on Sand
Rousseau, along with Descartes, Hobbes, and as we will see, many others, are philosophers and...
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Desires are not Rights
“May you live in interesting times.” There is some debate about whether this quote is an ancient...
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Origins of today’s “God is Dead” Morality: Descartes and the Father of Lies
In North America, October 31 is celebrated as an opportunity for children and adults to dress up...
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