The spirit of Valentine’s Day, like February itself, is best kept short and sweet. On the occasion of a notoriously ...

In 1997, for example, Vivian Gornick wrote that love was no longer the primary narrative conflict of contemporary literature.

Philosophers have always wrestled with how love can be so morally important, yet so personal and even arbitrary.

Justice does not require conquest and coercion. It is achieved through mercy and compassion. A soft word is stronger than the sword.