by Ron Rolheiser | May 12, 2021 | Opinion
“The world will be saved by beauty!” Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote that, Dorothy Day quoted it, and centuries before Jesus, Confucius made it central to his pedagogy. They were on to something. Beauty is a special language that cuts through and sidelines all the things that...
by Colin Sedgwick | Oct 20, 2015 | Opinion
One of the world’s leading fashion designers was quoted in The New York Times as saying, “I hate ugly people. Very depressing.” Well, if you look anything like me you almost feel you should apologize to the poor little petal: “Dear Mr. Fashion...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 8, 2014 | Opinion
I could be called a word man, I suppose — whether writing, reading, editing, teaching, or preaching, I’m dealing with words. And I like words. Love them, and the way they can be so expressive or descriptive or evocative. But sometimes words fail. How can...
by Zach Dawes Jr | May 8, 2014 | Opinion
Technology has enabled the creation of false, unhealthy images of beauty. Pictures in many magazines today are not real. They are altered depictions of people that often are no more accurate than the portraits produced by caricature artists. Thankfully, in recent...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Sep 20, 2013 | News
The Miss America pageant crowned its first Indian-American winner Sunday night, and “Twitter blew up,” says Mandy McMichael, assistant professor of religion at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala. McMichael is a doctoral candidate at Duke University,...
