From “Bronx Cheer” to Rousing “Bravo”
The “Bronx cheer,” as every New Yorker knows, is made by placing the tongue between the lips and blowing in [...]
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02, 2019
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01, 2019
“My Truth,” “Your Truth,” THE Truth
For millennia, people naturally, almost instinctively, understood that truth is objective rather than subjective. In other words, truth is what [...]
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01, 2019
The Sad Legacy of the Self-Esteem Movement
It has been almost sixty years since the Gospel of Self-Esteem was first preached in America and quickly planted in [...]
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01, 2019
The Relationship Between Theology and Logic
In modern Catholicism, the term “theology” is often linked to Church doctrine, much of which is regarded as definitive, and [...]
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01, 2019
Understanding Democrats’ Loyalty
The loyalty of Democrats to their party is both fascinating and puzzling. Their elected officials can allow cities to sink [...]
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12, 2018
Things That Puzzle Me
The standard way of entering the New Year is with a list of resolutions we intend to keep but end [...]
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12, 2018
Meditating on the Nativity
In 1223 in the Italian town of Grecio, the crèche was first displayed by the man who, it is said, [...]
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12, 2018
The Sex Scandal Is Only Partly Solved
In the minds of many, including Catholic leaders, the Church’s sex scandal is a closed matter. They reason that the [...]
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12, 2018
Don’t Retain these Professors
During the soap opera drama that surrounded the Kavanaugh Senate hearing, one important news item received considerably less attention than [...]
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11, 2018
Echoes from the Garden
Original Sin as depicted by Brueghel and Rubens The comedian Red Skelton created a character [...]