Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s impossible to tour Spain or Mexico without appreciating that spiritual and cultural suppression is a denial of human reality
Tag: History
A tragic figure of historic proportions
Reading Time: 3 minutes There is quite a bit of King Henry VIII in U.S. President Donald Trump
Irena Sendler’s remarkable courage should inspire us all
Reading Time: 3 minutes As a member of the Polish underground in Warsaw, Sendler saved thousands of Jewish children from the Nazis because she had the courage to follow her convictions
When a U.S. president tried to pack the Supreme Court
Reading Time: 3 minutes Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to pack the U.S. Supreme Court because it disagreed with many elements of his New Deal
Trudeau and the Aga Khan: A storm in a Bahamas teacup
Reading Time: 3 minutes Justin Trudeau’s relationship with the Aga Khan is a healthy thing for Canadians and the Islam world in these troubled times
The ghost of a “Camelot” inauguration
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fifty-six years after John F. Kennedy took the oath of office, his words and deeds still inspire and move people – well, most of them
The complicated secret life of Charles Lindbergh
Reading Time: 3 minutes Aviation hero, outcast, tragic victim and serial philanderer – an American icon’s strange and storied tale
King Edward’s sorry path to abdication
Reading Time: 3 minutes Scandalous episode that rocked U.K. seems unbelievable today
Finding meaning through the eyes of a survivor
Reading Time: 3 minutes Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl helps students embrace some of life’s most fundamental lessons
Death of a tyrant
Reading Time: 4 minutes The best assessment of Castro came from his daughter Alina who, when told he was a dictator, replied: “Strictly speaking, Fidel is a tyrant”