Regis Nicoll
The recent spate of suicides by the rich and famous is a symptom of our
growing sense of gloom. We enjoy social, technological, and economic
conditions that would have been considered utopian less than a century
ago. Yet, unhappiness, and even depression, are at record levels. Why?
In his impressively researched book, The Progress Paradox, […]
A. James Gregor
A short time ago, in my parish church, I sat through a fevered Marxist
exhortation that passed for a homily. I was not particularly surprised. I
had suffered similar experiences in lecture halls listening to my
colleagues delivering lectures on what purported to be contemporary
history. Some elements of our national culture, in education and […]
Mitchell Kalpakgian
In George Herbert’s seventeenth century poem “Humilitie” the Virtues sit
on a throne to receive gifts at court from the animals who serve their
masters. Humility steps down to receive the gifts the beasts present to
the members of the court. The angry Lion surrenders its paw to Meekness,
the fearful Hare presents her ears […]
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