Imagining Wisdom from the Inside Out

Bill Powell — This article serves to introduce a planned offering of periodic personal musings on the notion of wisdom. Thought will be forthcoming and more questions than answers may be generated. Occasionally phronesis, or practical wisdom, will also be addressed, and other additional notions will be added to suggest new ways of framing or imagining wisdom from other cognitive or emotional vantage points. The … Continue reading Imagining Wisdom from the Inside Out

billpowell646April 21, 2016June 30, 20161 Comment

Philosophy and Religion, Politics and Economics

The Constitutional Interpretation of Antonin Scalia: In His Own Words

John Kozlowicz — As we mourn the passing of Justice Scalia, it is interesting to know what was his philosophy of constitutional interpretation. Who better to tell us than Justice Scalia himself? Below is a speech he gave a little over a decade ago. It clearly indicates his view on how to interpret the Constitution. Justice Antonin Scalia delivered the following remarks at the Woodrow … Continue reading The Constitutional Interpretation of Antonin Scalia: In His Own Words

kozlowijFebruary 15, 2016April 10, 20166 Comments

Philosophy and Religion

Wise Guys on Wisdom

Ron Berger, with a little help from my friends — A few weeks ago, I was having a conversation with my son and 10-year-old granddaughter. I was giving them some advice and my son told my granddaughter that I was “smart.” I said I thought there was a difference between being “smart” and having “wisdom,” although I did not have a good explanation of what … Continue reading Wise Guys on Wisdom

Ron BergerFebruary 11, 2016September 10, 20198 Comments

Philosophy and Religion

Thoughts on the Incarnation of Jesus

Charles Cottle — The Birth of Jesus On Christmas day, 2015, there appeared in the New York Times an essay entitled, “The Christmas Revolution” by Peter Wehner. In the essay Wehner presents a provocative set of observations about the incarnation of Jesus. It is Wehner’s view that Jesus’ birth was a revolutionary event, not only for those reasons that are well known, but also for … Continue reading Thoughts on the Incarnation of Jesus