The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.

Just war morality demands that ethical judgements must take into account certain cold, unrelenting, and frustratingly immovable facts. Wisdom matters.

Education in a free society is aimed at morally forming men and women of character capable of helping that free society to flourish

We must always foster a love that has a capacity for forgiveness with a vigilance to observe and enforce the law.

We need to become outposts of intellectual seriousness and Christian virtue and moral sanity that expose the darkness of our generation.

Patriotism is part of our repertoire of civic ideals and identities, as Jean Bethke Elshtain reminded us. While its excesses and perversions are to be lamented, Patriotism rightly perceived yields a concern for the moral tenor of one’s culture.

if the flooding of the frontlines by unprepared new recruits results in exorbitant Russian casualties, the true effect may be to make Russia’s armed forces look weaker than ever.

American audiences are still hungry for cinematic portrayals of the old virtues: patriotism, heroism, courage, and self-sacrifice

As Promisel and Russell have argued, the Catholic Church’s teaching on solidarity should serve as a signpost for the US to navigate the next pandemic