Worldly Wisdom Blog

This blog welcomes the intellectually curious and imaginatively adventurous. It derives in part from the book Worldly Wisdom: Great Books and the Meanings of Life but goes beyond the purposes of that book. It explores the meanings of life in classic writings not represented in Worldly Wisdom and also includes occasional reflections on culture and politics, along with tales of travel, fiction and non-fiction.

A Stranger to Power: On Church and State in America

by Tim Caminos | Jun 11, 2015 | Culture, Politics, and the Ways We Live Now

When you visit the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on a school day in May you can barely reach the exhibits illustrating America’s constitutional and political history from its origins down to the lately shed judicial robe of former Supreme Court Justice...

Liberals Don’t Get It: It’s Human Nature

by Tim Caminos | Feb 13, 2012 | Culture, Politics, and the Ways We Live Now

Liberals often don’t seem to get it. The current brouhaha over the contraception provision in the new health care law proves it again. Liberals propose what they judge to be reasonable policies for serving the American people—like expanding health care protection—then...