From time to time we learn how experts have determined that a certain canvas or sculpture was a fake or was done not by the presumed master but by one of his apprentices or by a skillful imitator. True artists leave the peculiar mark of their genius...
I remember my first psychology class in college. On one occasion, our instructor started the class by saying, “By the time an individual reaches six months of age, their adult personality is already formed.” That statement shocked me, and the...
Pope Francis has joined non-Catholic Christians, including Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist, and Mormon, in an effort to “put aside all polemical or apologetic approaches, and seek instead to grasp more fully what unites us,” and to “advance...
Many years ago legendary basketball great, the late Easy Ed Macauley, told me the United States had become ungovernable. He strongly believed the country’s mad obsession with multi-culturalism, diversity, unrestricted immigration and partisan...
Once there was a wealthy and prominent man named Mr. Harris who somehow became convinced that he was losing his hearing. He went to his doctor, who gave him a thorough check-up, but was unable to find anything wrong. As a final test, the doctor...
If we were to give a title to today’s liturgy it would be: the role of God’s Word in our life. As individuals, God’s Word is for us a great source of comfort and light, just as it is for our Protestant brothers and sisters. However, it is self...
Like many other Americans, I have not yet decided which Republican candidate I will support. As the campaign has progressed, my preferences have changed. Prior to the campaign, I had great respect for Jeb Bush because I considered him a man of...
In Psalm 139:13-16, the psalmist reflects: “You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb. I praise you, because I am wonderfully made; wonderful are your works! My very self you know. My bones are not hidden from you, when I was being...
