Monthly Archives: October 2006

To visit Auschwitz is to obtain a glimpse of raw evil.  It is to obtain a glimpse of a set of circumstances that rendered human beings as vulnerable as they could possibly be and still have control of their bodily … Continue reading →

In the case of Cindy Sheehan, there is one thing more than any other that to my mind is abominable and utterly loathsome; and that is the characterization of her protest behavior against the Iraq war as being on a … Continue reading →

Every now and then a major company in the United States commits an act of unqualified goodness.  Recently, I walked into one of the Syracuse NY offices of Enterprise Rent-A-Car (located in East Syracuse) in order to return a car.  … Continue reading →

Adopting a child is, without a doubt, one of the most extraordinary moral excellences that a person can exhibit.  One the one hand, there is nothing dramatic about it, in that adopting a child is not about taking on some … Continue reading →

Aristotle famously wrote that a person who has no need of friends is either a beast or a god.  This is a strikingly strong statement.  And while we may all pay lip service to it, I wonder just how many … Continue reading →