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The Freedom to Offend

2024-03-22T12:23:45+00:00

In 2006, Christopher Hitchens gave a brave, ‘blasphemous’ speech on Islam that resonates with even greater power today. Read more

The Freedom to Offend2024-03-22T12:23:45+00:00

Who put the toddlers in charge?

2024-03-22T12:29:31+00:00

These are people who have never been told ‘no’ and have gone through their adult lives behaving as such Read more

Who put the toddlers in charge?2024-03-22T12:29:31+00:00

C.S. Lewis on Keeping Calm in Chaos

2024-03-22T12:31:25+00:00

In his 1939 sermon at Oxford, ‘Learning in Wartime,’ C.S. Lewis reminded his audience that by forging ahead in the worst of times, we can touch the divine. Read more

C.S. Lewis on Keeping Calm in Chaos2024-03-22T12:31:25+00:00

The Men Who Were Worthy of Athens

2024-03-08T10:51:56+00:00

In fifth-century BCE Greece, Pericles gave a speech on the sacrifices of war—and the heroes who deserve ‘the noblest of all tombs.’ Read more

The Men Who Were Worthy of Athens2024-03-08T10:51:56+00:00