Tag Archives: choice

The Religious Backdrop of the Vote

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

This past week people across the United States participated in the public ritual of voting. These days, though, it is becoming less of a public act at the polling place and more of a private affair with the advent of … Continue reading →

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Choice and Choosing Continued: Dante’s Parardiso Canto XI

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Further reflections on Dante’s education regarding making choices with help from Martin Buber.

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Choice and Choosing: Dante’s Paradiso Canto XI

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Randy Coleman-Riese

He had to choose. But it was not a choice Between excluding things. It was not a choice Between, but of. He chose to include the things That in each other are included, the whole, The complicate, the amassing harmony. … Continue reading →

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Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood . . .

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Gil Bailie

Here’s a lengthy quotation from Vladimir Solovyov, the contemporary relevance or irrelevance of which you are welcome to ponder. “Why, it will be asked, do I speak, with regard to the moral world, of the choice between two paths only? … Continue reading →

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