Marriage Is a One-sided Covenant

Al Janssen writes in "The Marriage Masterpiece":

I am struck, as I reflect on the vows Jo and I exchanged at our wedding, by the one-sidedness ...

"Finding Nemo": Dealing with Denial

In the movie Finding Nemo a clownfish named Marlin teams up with a fish named Dory to find his lost son. As the perilous journey begins, a toothy Great ...

Actor Compares Movie Life to Real Life

I once heard an actor being interviewed on late-night television. "Tell me," said David Letterman. "You're a sex symbol who plays all ...

"Gladiator": The Eternal Consequences of Our Actions

In the movie Gladiator, the Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe) prepares to go to battle against a barbarian Germanic tribe. Just prior ...

Roman Sentinel Stands Guard to the Very End

When the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius destroyed the city [of Pompeii in A.D. 79], many people were buried in the ruins. Some took cover underground, and the ...

Saddam Refuses to Repent

Soon after Saddam Hussein's capture—out of an eight-foot hole that one observer said was filled with rats and mice—he was flown to a secret ...

Right Versus Rights

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

—G. K. Chesterton, A Short History of England, 1917

"The Man Who Captured Eichmann": Rationalizing Evil

The Man Who Captured Eichmann, with Robert Duvall as the notorious Nazi Adolf Eichmann, is based on the memoirs of Israeli operative Peter Malkin. It ...

Karl Menninger on Sin of Omission

Sin is not just a commission of an act; it may also be the omission of an act. Dr. Karl Menninger writes in his book Whatever Became of Sin?:

If a dozen ...

The Lesson of Emmett Till

While many Americans are unaware of the story of Emmett Till, his story may have had the single greatest impact upon the Civil Rights movement. Emmett ...