Months ago, I wrote about masculinity and femininity. Recently, I read an interview that ZENIT conducted with Anthony Esolen on the topic of “Finding the Masculine Genius.” There were a couple striking points that we, as Lutherans and for unknown reasons, have not discussed. The first addresses Esolen’s understanding of what the terms masculinity [...]
Tagged Anthony Esolen, Masculinity, VirtueAre you a young man stuck in adolescence? Then check out this article on the phenomenon of boys who never grow up. Why should you bother to read it? Because you’re an adult now, even if you don’t realize it, and it’s time to face the music.
Sure. It’s rough growing up. After all, it’s fun [...]
One of the hottest professions of 2008 is being a praise consultant for companies. You are paid anywhere from $100 - $1,000+ per hour to assure employees how great they are, how creative their ideas are, how valuable even their lackluster work is to the company, etc. — whatever it takes to restore the [...]
Tagged consultant, Efficiency, parenting, Praise, productivity, work forceIf ignorance is our greatest liability, then knowledge must be our greatest asset. And if knowledge isn’t our greatest asset, neither is ignorance our greatest liability. So did I name them correctly (see my earlier post for context)? I don’t know, but I think so. And this is why.
I think we need both Aristotle and [...]
Everything costs something. There is no such thing as getting something for free. This isn’t a great insight. But not every cost is the same. Not all liabilities are equal–some are worse than others. Our biggest liability–the one we must most diligently fight against–is ignorance. Ignorance has the largest cost because ignorance is not just [...]
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