Dr Kalpakgian delves into a scene in Alcott's 'Little Women' to show how tactfulness is a cultivated art, one that Amy understands and Jo comes to rue.

Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian explores the importance - and joy - of introducing friends and family to new things, to increase wisdom and happiness.

With reference to ancient thinkers and common sense, Dr Mitchell Kalpakgian explores the value of foresight as a mark of wisdom.

by Dr. Mitchell Kalkpakgian | Everywhere your look, you see the beauty of the universe made of blent hues from the sky...

by Dr Mitchell Kalpakgian | The habit of wastefulness does not stop with extravagant spending, as human beings are guilty of wasting many other valuable resources.

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | The routine of life forces man to think of today’s basic needs, tomorrow’s debts, next week’s social events, and next month’s travel plans. But in Lent...

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | In “The Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales Chaucer introduces the Man of Law, one of the characters on the pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas a Beckett, with these famous lines: “No one in England matched his bustling about,/ But still, he wasn’t so busy as he always made out.”

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | The business of devils, explains Screwtape, involves diverting human minds from the present and the eternal by leading them into the past and the future.

Throughout the Middle Ages artists and poets allude often to the goddess Fortuna or the Wheel of Fortune—the ever changing nature of human events that affect all human beings. This ...

In the course of a year, all persons are aware of the weekdays and the weekends, of work days and national holidays like Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Labor Day and ...

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | In the story an old home that dates from several hundred years ago lies in a state of neglect and in need of repair.

Man by nature is a finder in search of many things. Some of these things have been lost and need to be recovered, like the lost sheep the good shepherd ...

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | Why is there always another poem or song waiting to be written, another story or novel ready to be composed, or another masterpiece of music or art expected to be created?

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | An active human life with its responsibilities naturally has its share of distractions and interruptions. Good work, however, always requires concentration and attention from beginning to end with no or few disruptions.

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | In the 'Confessions', Augustine describes his devout mother as the confidante of many women because her sense of charity precluded gossip...

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | The inundation of noise does not allow for reflection, recollection, contemplation, or an examination of conscience—all forms of thought that require silence...

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | The noble purpose of great and good literature: to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it.

This famous short story that often appears in Christmas anthologies perfectly captures the Christian ideal of the joy of giving and the virtue of poverty of spirit. A young husband ...

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | In G.K. Chesterton’s “The Wrong Shape,” Father Brown makes a curious observation that puzzles Flambeau, another master detective like the priest.

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | G.K. Chesterton remarked that fifty percent of education is atmosphere.