Oct 12, 2016 | Articles, Crisis Magazine, Crisis Magazine, True Friendship, Wednesday Quotes
Quarrel or conversation. The distinction is significant. And Plato makes it. Today Crisis Magazine posted my thoughts here on how the recent Presidential debates should make us reflect on the importance of this distinction for public life, and for our most intimate...
Jan 20, 2016 | Articles, Crisis Magazine, Crisis Magazine, Good Work, Wednesday Quotes
How each of us responded to the Lotto jackpot gives us an opportunity to reflect on our relationship with money. I posted this article today at Crisis Magazine. My series on Aristides will return next Wednesday. John CuddebackHusband, father, and professor of...
Jan 6, 2016 | Articles, Catholic Exchange, Natural Steward, Wednesday Quotes
What can we learn from the Magi, and from the stars above us? On the traditional culmination of the Twelve Days of Christmas, Epiphany, here is my meditation posted at Catholic Exchange: What Stars Can Teach Us. “The three wise men loved nature. We study what we...
Dec 24, 2015 | Articles, Ethika Politika, Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
My piece at Ethika Politika: Aristotle’s Key to Christmas: Though he couldn’t have known it, Aristotle had the key to understanding Christmas. His master achievement was a profound understanding of human happiness. It is as though he grasped as much as can be...
Sep 30, 2015 | Articles, Ethika Politika, Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
“As I must repeat again, the first principle of all action is leisure. Both are required, but leisure is better than occupation and is its end.” — Aristotle, Politics VIII Life is about leisure. This statement sounds odd to our ears. But if we understand leisure, and...
Jul 15, 2015 | Articles, Man of the Household, Principles, Wednesday Quotes
Much has been written about mothers leaving home to enter the workforce. Little attention is given to the prior exodus of fathers from the home: a situation that long ago came to be considered standard, even in traditional households. I have written an article here...
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