Saint Stephen’s Anglican Church

America has been enmeshed in a culture war for at least a century, although until quite recently most people seem to have been blissfully unaware of the fact. However, as the author and social critic Lee Harris put it: “Over the past 100 years or so many of our most cherished customs and traditions have . . . → Read More: Lessons to be learned from the culture wars

One of most despicable Soviet practices was the use of fraud and deceit to achieve their ends. Lenin instituted this policy at the outset when he dubbed his tiny group of supporters “Bolsheviks” (from bolshoi, meaning great) and his very much more numerous opponents “Mensheviks” (implying they were the tiny faction).

The technique was continually . . . → Read More: Lies that get told in the battle for men’s minds

The on–going obsession with political correctness continually gives me “a sense of deja vu all over again” as Yogi Berra so memorably put it.

I was just 13 years old when I first encountered it in George Orwell’s terrifying novel Nineteen Eighty Four. A scant 10 years later, I came face–to–face with the horrifying reality . . . → Read More: Good intentions pave the road to perdition

In recent years, there has been a complete revolution in the way people make their minds up about things. In times past, when people were trying to decide whether a course of action was wise or foolish, or whether a concept was good or bad, they would gather as much information about it as possible . . . → Read More: Drawbacks to living in the Land of Feely-feel

It is likely that the passing of Steve Jobs—founder of Apple, makers of the Macintosh computer, the iMac, the iPod, the iPad, and the iPhone—has generated even more in the way of national and international attention than the death of Mother Teresa.

Condolences have poured in from folks ranging from the mightiest of world leaders . . . → Read More: Sic transit gloria mundi—Apple’s Steve Jobs