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When We Self-destruct
One of my favorite novels of all time is The Stranger by Albert Camus. I especially like it for a particular passage in its final chapter. Meursault—the main character and narrator—sits in jail after having k… -
Could YOU Be Persuaded To Torture Another?
In August 1971, Dr. Philip Zimbardo commenced what would in time become a landmark experiment in the history of social psychology. He created a fake prison in the basement of Stanford University’s sociology departm… -
The Sex Addict vs. The Rapist: Whom Do We Forgive?
In Part One and Part Two of this series I’ve argued that all human beings are co-conspirators in the terrible evil that pervades our world. Father Christian de Cherge, a victim of radical, Islamic terror in 1993 wr… -
The Devil Inside Us (Part Two): Bernie Madoff's Story
Last month New York Magazine published an article by Steve Fishman, “The Madoff Tapes,” which profiles the events and details surrounding the Bernie Madoff scandal from the perspective of—Bernie Madoff.… -
The Devil Inside Us (Part One)
One of my favorite commentaries on human nature comes from G.K. Chesterton; when asked by The Times to submit an essay on the theme, “What’s Wrong With The World?” he responded in the form of a letter:… -
On Depression, Writing, and Free Will
As a depressive, the ability to summon, focus, and properly orient my creative energies long enough to write anything I’d consider worthwhile—or even lucid—is often a fleeting privilege. Time and again,… -
Finding Truth In Depression
Here's a nonsensical argument: “stop whining about your sinus infection, there are starving children in third world countries.” I heard a classmate say this in the school café last week, and he was bei… -
Life After Heaven (Part 2): Finding Heaven on Earth for when I feel like sleeping.
After he read my last post, Life After Heaven (Part 1), a friend of mine commented and advised I be weary of an “over-realized eschatology.” For those of you who do not traffic in the esoteric dialect of Chri… -
By "Guts," I Mean Grace Under Pressure: Recognizing Grace in Our Lives
One of my favorite movies is A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints. If you’ve never seen it, I recommend you do. I won’t get into extensive plot details for the purposes of this post, instead I want to focus on… -
Life After Heaven (Part 1)
The reason you are a Christian is not so that you can go to Heaven after you die. I mean this very seriously. And I thank God it is so. I had a conversation with a schoolmate of mine a couple years ago, in which I became…
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