Bulletin from History: A Personal Reflection
The other day, I spoke by telephone to my Israeli first cousin. In her young days, she worked for a British military unit stationed in the region…
The other day, I spoke by telephone to my Israeli first cousin. In her young days, she worked for a British military unit stationed in the region…
We go for our people Edith and Rosa Stein both died at Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland in 1942. The story is told how when the Nazis…
And, as “the Gambler” says in the Kenny Rogers song, you’ve got to know when to run. I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s time to walk…
Suppose you thought that you had a past life in which you perished, by one of the methods in the Nazi repertoire, during the run-up years that…
In recent days, I’ve felt that it’s time for philosophy – the discipline, with its history and skills – to step up, as it did in days…
There is just one case I know of where two brilliant young writers published dueling short stories about each other, in which each is the protagonist and…
On the whole, I don’t hold a grudge. If I’ve been injured in some way, but the wound is either cured – or else not the kind…
By now, we’ve been home from California for over a week. But what an odd five days we had there! I’ll give you the condensed version. For…
Christian Faith and Human Understanding. Robert Sokolowski. Washington, DC: The Catholic University Press of America, 2006. Professor Mark Malvasi in his delightful book, The UnregenerateSouth, says…