A. Joshua Heschel

A religious person is one who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of...

Left wing fundamentalism wreaks havoc in our world

What is fundamentalism? "A usually religious movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views and opposition to secularism." We think of the...

Justice for the Not Criminally Responsible

Imagine a 52 year old truck driver collapses over the wheel and slams into a school bus killing 8 children. He’d had a heart attack. Now imagine a 22 year old man takes a gun, enters a theatre and shoots randomly, killing 8 children.  It seems he had an...

Postpartum depression

There is a wonderful article on the Globe and Mail about postpartum depression. Too many moms are not seeking help. I was crying way too much after the birth of my first child. It didn’t occur to me that anything was wrong. I didn’t mention it to the...