Daily Archives: December 2, 2006

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY by John Ford: An Icon of the Holy Trinity

Late in the evening of February 17, 1938 my father was caught sneaking into his house after curfew by my grandfather. My father was unable to explain that he had been taking care of his father’s mother. They had a terrible argument and each retired for the night with the issue unresolved. My grandfather awoke […]

THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM by Leon Kass

So you think you know Genesis? Well, think again. Leon R. Kass, a University of Chicago philosophy professor, has asked ”Is it possible to find, institute, and preserve a way of life that accords with man’s true standing in the world and that serves to perfect his god-like possibilities?” His answer is this examination of […]