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Thuy

I first met Thuy Khuu in 2006 when she took my Social Justice class at Saint Louis University.  Born in Vietnam, she moved to the US at the age of eight with her family.  Beginning in…

Today’s One-Liner (#121)

 He that has read Shakespeare with attention will perhaps find little new in the crowded world.  –Dr. Samuel Johnson, dedication in Mrs. Lennox’ Shakespeare Illustrated, 1753, cited in  A Johnson Sampler, edited by Henry Darcy…

Recent Reading

Sohrab  Ahmari, The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos Thomas à  Kempis, The Imitation of Christ Wendell Berry, Blessed are the Peacemakers: Christ’s Teachings of Love, Compassion, and Forgiveness…

Today’s One-Liner (#119)

Fortitude is the key to any great endeavor, and the only way to earn it is one small step at a time.  –Lila Rose, Fighting for Life: Becoming a Force for Change in a Wounded…

Today’s One-Liner (#118)

Neglect of things which are profitable and necessary and undue concern with those which are irrelevant and harmful, are great folly.  –Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ

Know Thyself

Success in every order is always attained on the  same conditions: to reflect at the start, to begin at  the beginning, to proceed methodically, to advance slowly, to give out all one’s strength. But the…

Today’s One-Liner (#115)

There are three crowns: the crown of learning, the crown of priesthood, and the crown of royalty; but the crown of a good name excels them all. –R. Simeon, in Joseph Hertz, Sayings of the…

Something I Came across in Tablet

Consider, for a moment, the road traveled by many American Jews these past 15 months. One day, they were members in good standing of a virtuous, unimpeachable community of people who attended the finest schools,…