Never Have People Been More The Masters

The Hero Was Distinguished By His Achievement; The Celebrity By His Image Or Trademark. The Hero Created Himself; The Celebrity Is Created By The Media. The Hero Was A Big Man; The Celebrity Is A Big Name.

As Individuals And As A Nation, We Now Suffer From Social Narcissism. The Beloved Echo Of Our Ancestors, The Virgin America, Has Been Abandoned. We Have Fallen In Love With Our Own Image, With Images Of Our Making, Which Turn Out To Be Images Of Ourselves.

When The Necessary Eleven Days Were Added, George Washington’s Birthday, Which Fell On February 11, 1731, Old Style, Became February 22, 1732, New Style.

In Our World Of Big Names, Curiously, Our True Heroes Tend To Be Anonymous. In This Life Of Illusion And Quasi-illusion, The Person Of Solid Virtues Who Can Be Admired For Something More Substantial Than His Well-knownness Often Proves To Be The Unsung Hero: The Teacher, The Nurse, The Mother, The Honest Cop, The Hard Worker At Lonely, Underpaid, Unglamorous, Unpublicized Jobs.

The Christian Test Was A Willingness To Believe In The One Jesus Christ And His Message Of Salvation. What Was Demanded Was Not Criticism But Credulity. The Church Fathers Observed That In The Realm Of Thought Only Heresy Had A History.