Reaffirming Possibilities
“…The attack against reason and objectivity is fast reaching the proportions of a crusade…We desperately need to reaffirm the principle that it is possible to carry out an [...]
Warnings
“In war, a physical force is to be created; and it is the executive will, which is to direct it. In war, the public treasures are to [...]
Motives That Affect Only the Mind of the Sovereign
“It is too true, however disgraceful it may be to human nature, that nations in general will make war whenever they have a prospect of getting anything by [...]
Have We Forgotten What We Have All Been Taught?
Father and Child at US Border, AP imaage “Let the children come unto me…It is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one [...]
Carriers of Water in the Desert
A quote from Gerald Hausman: “Recently a Native American friend said, ‘We are all carriers of water now. Carriers in the desert. We cannot drop even a drop. We must [...]
Herodotus’ View of Gods and Fate
Herodotus' View of "Gods" and Fate Michael Grant, in his study The Ancient Historians, speaks of Herodotus’ remark that no nation knows more about religion than any other. Grant writes: [...]
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