I think we need to find out why the citizens of the world's wealthiest, most envied, most powerful country are so cynical, so distressed, so angry, so ticked of about so many things.

In the battle for preserving sound social and moral norms, many religious institutions can no longer be counted as allies.

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

What you've got here is really a case of journalists making fun of people who believe in God and the devil.

The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from, and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult, ethical controversies of the day. First things first. And planting the ideas of virtue, of good traits in the young, comes first. In the moral life, as in life itself, we take one step at a time. Every field has its complexities and controversies. And so does ethics. And every field has its basics. So too with values.

I think we need to find out why the citizens of the world's wealthiest, most envied, most powerful country are so cynical, so distressed, so angry, so ticked of about so many things.

Real fatherhood means love and commitment and sacrifice and a willingness to share responsibility and not walking away from one's children.