Manners Makyth Man
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Every day in the Great Hall of one of my schools I ate, or tried to dine, before a large fireplace carved with William of Wykeham's motto, "Manners Makyth Man."
Every day in the Great Hall of one of my schools I ate, or tried to dine, before a large fireplace carved with William of Wykeham's motto, "Manners Makyth Man."
What makes the West strong.
A small sign of the times: USA Today this week ran an article about a Michigan family that, under financial pressure, decided to give up credit cards, satellite television, high-tech toys and restaurant dining, to live on a 40-acre farm and become more self-sufficient.
Recently, I got into a lengthy blog debate with liberal secularist writer Damon Linker on the topic of same-sex marriage.
Regardless of the laws of Westminster, the laws of conscience would preclude a Catholic from serving as head of the Church of England.
Do we want the United States to be like Europe?
Grand ideas still drive history.
What are the salient evils of our time? They are two-fold.
Just as it's usually only beautiful people who pretend that good looks don't matter, it's generally the rich who tell us that money isn't particularly important.
The West today is involved in a protracted and violent struggle with the forces of radical Islam. This conflict is intensely difficult, both because of our enemy's dedication to his cause, and also, perhaps most of all, because of the enormous cultural shift that has occurred in Europe and America since the end of the Vietnam War.
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