Elie Wiesel
Our society has stereotypes of both atheists and religious people; Wiesel sounds more like a Charles Williams character: “Asked if he were a pessimist or an optimist, he replied that he was an optimist and hated it.”
twentieth century history
Cooper: “Mens Immota Manet”
Cooper: Mens Immota Manet By Gabriel Blanchard Virgil wrote the line mens immota manet lacrimæ volvuntur inanes* about Æneas; but if he had been thinking of Cooper, he
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Whitehead: The Procession of the Universe
Whitehead: The Procession of the Universe By Gabriel Blanchard Whitehead said Western philosophy can be described as footnotes to Plato; whether Whitehead saw the weight of the footnote
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Keynes: The Law and the Profits
Keynes: The Law and the Profits By Gabriel Blanchard* The love of money is a root of all kinds of government. Economics is by no means a new
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Morrison: “Peace Which Passeth Understanding”
Morrison: “Peace Which Passeth Understanding” By Gabriel Blanchard Morrison re-presents a perennial theme in our literature: the mystery of iniquity, of not only suffering but active evil. She
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Wells: The Home of the Brave
Wells: The Home of the Brave By Gabriel Blanchard For boldness, energy, and devotion to principle, Ida B. Wells can rival almost anyone on the Author Bank. Among
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Orwell: The Cost of the Truth
Orwell: The Cost of the Truth By Matt McKeown Honesty is not always welcome, in either the halls of power or the salons of culture; but there can
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Arendt: The Inhumanity of Man
Arendt: The Inhumanity of Man By Noah Farley Arendt’s work on the nature of evil remains dreadfully relevant in the twenty-first century. The twentieth century bore the fruit
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Steinbeck: Grief and Beauty
Steinbeck: Grief and Beauty By Gabriel Blanchard The moral and atmospheric power of Steinbeck’s writing has justly won him an enduring place in the American canon. One of
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Husserl: The Science of Consciousness
Husserl: The Science of Consciousness By Gabriel Blanchard Few schools of thought have proven as fruitful or varied as phenomenology. Born in 1859 in the north of the
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