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A gray military bomber aircraft flying low over a desert landscape, dropping multiple bombs. The sky is clear and the terrain is barren with sparse vegetation.

Just War is An Act of Charity

By John M. DeJak | September 4, 2013

I recently had a brief exchange with a friend over the Obama Administration’s posture towards Syria and the recent words of Pope Francis at his Sunday Angelus where he echoed the words of his predecessor Pope Paul VI, “War never again!”  My friend who is an astute and brilliant attorney, was dissatisfied with the pope’s…

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For University Students: Authentic Common Sense in An Age of Uncommon Nonsense

By John M. DeJak | November 14, 2011

I just saw an ad for Google TV. It was entitled “Date Night.” The ad featured a man and a woman sitting on a couch together. The perspective of the viewer is seeing the backs of their heads. Both are watching a screen; playing on the screen is an obvious “romance” movie where a woman…

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