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Why Read Literature?

Amidst the gushing river of popular culture, the turbulent climate of politics, media bias, and [...]

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Top 10 Reasons to Learn Cursive

Developing an attractive, legible cursive handwriting style certainly has great aesthetic value, but it also [...]

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  Rhetoric. To most modern minds, the word smacks of cunning—the empty polemic or self-aggrandizement of a [...]

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In After Virtue, Alasdair MacIntyre observes that in all classical and heroic societies, “the chief [...]

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Reaching for Infinity

It is the prerogative of the Christian to reach for unreachable things. The Christian teacher [...]

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Tentatio: A Teacher of Virtue

One Latin word encapsulates suffering: tentatio. Wrapped with adversity and affliction, tentatio depicts trial and [...]

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Virtue and Discipline in the Arts

Few people recognize engagement in the arts as an intrinsic element of spiritual virtue. To [...]

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Ethics Without Virtue

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When I worked in public policy many years ago, one of my jobs was to [...]

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