Wednesday, September 22nd, is the first official day of fall in the Northern Hemisphere this year. Which means this list of reading recommendations is technically a continuation of...
Every good author writes with a target audience in mind, but it is rare to find a book aimed simultaneously at strictly rationalist adherents to Ayn Rand’s political...
Charles Dickens is well known as one of the most prolific and influential authors of the Victorian period. His works often communicated the deep sense of justice that...
Our family went to see the revival of Steven Schwarz’s musical Pippin as an early birthday present for my oldest daughter several years ago, who loves the theater....
In December 2005, I sat with my wife in a small Chicago theater watching a charming production of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” I found myself unexpectedly moved. In...
If C.S. Lewis is the Protestant apologist beloved by both Catholics and Protestants, G.K. Chesterton is the Catholic apologist adored by both groups as well. Chesterton grew up...
We have seen so much progress in science, technology, and medicine that has proven to be beneficial and even life-saving. But C. S. Lewis warned that we cannot...
The Ghost of Christmas Present showed Ebeneezer Scrooge a wider world. Charles Dickens tells us in his Christmas Carol that Scrooge’s cramped vision hardly ranged from his counting...
I puzzle throughout December: “Is all of our holiday stress a recent-days phenomenon?” And in my most reflective moments, I ask, “Is there any way to find deeper...
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