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AGATHOPSIS

the Truth shall set you free

Here is a place to reflect on truth, integrity, ethical and moral action; to seek ways to bring forth the Good. Join me to discuss and consider ideas for making our society and our polity more responsive to truth and more resistant to falsehood.

Agathopsis – The name of our website means, “Contemplation of the Good,” formed of the Greek words, agathos, good and opsis, vision. We have coined this word (perhaps it has existed before) to reflect our mission: to strive to bring forth good in the world. We seek to promote the well-intentioned, and to expose the ill-intentioned.

We are inspired to this task by the words of St. Luke (6. 45), “The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth the good; and the evil man, out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

As we endeavor to bring forth the good, the unending quest for truth guides our efforts, and we take that quest to heart for as Jesus says, “… the truth shall set you free.” And that, for the human soul, is of the highest good.

Latest from the Blog:

Chaos, Cringe, and Stay Tuned

Remove an illegitimate ruler, a ruthless dictator, from power in a neighboring sovereign country. No easy task, but it was carried out with extraordinary skill and professionalism by United States military personnel–a surgical extraction–without the loss of a single American life, and with minimal damage to citizens of the target country, Venezuela. The action has…

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Remember Pearl Harbor

They are nearly gone, the brave men and women of our armed forces who endured that terrible attack on our naval installation at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands on Sunday the 7th of December 1941. A few survivors still attend the annual memorial ceremony on the exposed bridge of the sunken battleship Arizona, but…

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Veterans Day 2025

A smart, snappy salute to all who served in our Armed Forces. Today belongs to you. You have earned the respect and gratitude of all of your countrymen. And you have my personal and unreserved respect. I am glad to have been counted among you although I can honestly say that my own service during…

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George Washington’s Warnings

President George Washington warned in his 1796 Farewell Address about dangers that lay ahead for the US – warnings that seem startlingly contemporary and relevant 229 years later. I have republished below the article by Robert A. Strong, which first appeared in THE CONVERSATION, September 8, 2025 8:00am EDT. (Please note: There are live links…

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Voodoo Medicine

I’m making a very brief post today. I simply want to bring to your attention the attached essay by Dannagal Young published in the Opinion section of today’s edition of the New York Times. The writer recounts her personal experience as someone who out of desperation tried everything to cure the pernicious brain cancer that…

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Operation Overlord-Epilogue

For those who have previously read and commented on my D-Day posts, I offer my somber greeting on this annual memorial to the patriotic men and women of the “Greatest Generation”, those who served across the world in our armed forces as well as the civilians at home who stepped up to manufacture the war…

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