By Bradley Harrington “When you violate the rights of one man, you have violated the rights of all, and a public of rightless creatures is doomed to destruction.” — Ayn Rand, “Atlas Shrugged,” 1957 — Last week (“’Public Safety’ Vs. Liberty,” WTE, July 9) we took a short glance at …
by Mike Pyatt Is God’s habitation in our realm as inevitable as silence to a bucolic scene, or the ascending smoke from a dying ember? Or have we descended into a sinister flirtation with the Divine? It wasn’t so in 1941. The day after Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, …
By Bradley Harrington “It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty — and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies.” –H.L. Mencken, “Baltimore Evening Sun,” 1923 — When I quoted C.S. Lewis last week as saying that “a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of …
by Mike Pyatt Ever attempted to write a poem? Or lyrics to a song? How about a novel? Short story? Term paper? Letter to the editor? In any case, capturing the “exact words’” is daunting, but crucial. Some haven’t written a letter in years. Music can console and inspire us. …
