Religion As A Human Phenomenon

In Legal Parlance, That Is Called 'the Rational Person Test,' ... That's Where Somebody Else Says, 'even Though We Have No Idea What This Person Would Want In This Circumstance In Which They Cannot Themselves Tell Us What They Want, A 'rational' Person - Meaning, Myself - In That Circumstance Would Want To Die.' So You Move Very Quickly From So-called Voluntary Euthanasia To Involuntary Euthanasia. These Legal And Medical Developments Are Not Simply Hypothetical They're In The Courts Right Now.

All My Life I Have Prayed To God That I Should Remain Religiously Orthodox, Culturally Conservative, Politically Liberal And Economically Pragmatic.

One Must Never Underestimate The Profound Bigotry And Anti-intellectualism And Intolerance And Illiberality Of Liberalism.

Every Day Of The Year Is A Good Day To Think More Deeply About Good Friday, For Good Friday Is The Drama Of The Love By Which Our Every Day Is Sustained.

Consumerism Is, Quite Precisely, The Consuming Of Life By The Things Consumed. It Is Living In A Manner That Is Measured By Having Rather Than Being... And Consumerism Is Hardly The Sin Of The Rich. The Poor, Driven By Discontent And Envy, May Be As Consumed By What They Do Not Have As The Rich Are Consumed By What They Do Have. The Question Is Not, Certainly Not Most Importantly, A Question About Economics. It Is First And Foremost A Cultural And Moral Problem Requiring A Cultural And Moral Remedy.