The balance between faith and reason is for the determination of each individual, and of the people as a whole, not of unauthorized government officials uttering impious humbug as they arbitrarily try to define that balance.
Conrad BlackI always keep a firewall between my own travails and my perception of public-policy issues; otherwise I would retain no credibility as a commentator.
Conrad BlackA quest for knowledge is not a war with faith; spirituality is not usually an infelicitous amalgam of superstition and philistinism; and moral relativism, taken outside midfield, leads inexorably both to heresy and to secular wickedness, which are often identical.
Conrad BlackFor decades, I have been a militant anti-declinist in terms of America's place in the world.
Conrad Black