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2015-01-16T09:26:13-05:00

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“Grandpa, I Have Some Questions”

Last updated on: January 16, 2015 at 9:26 am By Michael Novak

Just twenty years ago, my daughter Jana urged me to respond to a list of questions she had about God, how to live, sex, and other puzzles of life. As we wrote back and forth for nearly a year, she questioned my replies, and I kept trying again. From this filial exchange, Pocket Books published a volume called Tell Me Why, picked up by another publisher in the United Kingdom. Of all my writings, that book gave me the most... Read more

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2015-01-12T20:44:31-05:00

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A Recent, Much Blessed Trip to Lithuania

Last updated on: January 12, 2015 at 8:44 pm By Michael Novak

First a short introduction to this new blog: Much of life consists in coming down to earth. Since college days, I have always preferred Aristotle over Plato, because Plato steadily points upwards (too idealistic), and Aristotle’s hand is palm-down, accepting the imperfections of earth. “All knowledge begins through the senses,” he writes. From the first, I loved the coming down to earth of Raphael’s masterpiece, “The School of Athens.” Moreover, Aristotle’s preference for coming down to earth, I found, fits... Read more

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