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Tod Lindberg, The Heroic Heart: Greatness Ancient and Modern (Encounter Books, 2015) My friend Tod Lindberg has written an interesting and important book on the changing nature of heroism. I disagree ...

Although it is good to honor heroes in uniform it would be good to remember the uniformity of heroism itself. Heroism is the same in all ages because, in essence, it is synonymous with holiness. A ...

“They think I’m some kind of damned hero,” the young veteran, a former airman, said in a hushed tone while ducking his head and quickly glancing behind him. His voice and body language communicated ...

On August 5, when a gunman drove to a Sikh temple outside Milwaukee and started shooting his 9mm handgun, some ran and some leapt to stop him. One of the six who died was temple president Santwat ...

March comes in like a lion, so the saying has it, and in respect of the peculiarly vicious escalation of violence in the Middle East, Afghanistan and India since the month began, the saying has a ...

Are heroes real, or are they simply stories we tell ourselves? Either heroes are objectively real—brave people who perform extraordinary acts of courage and sacrifice—or heroism is merely in our heads ...

Heroes and psychopaths may have something in common, according to new research that links psychopathic personality traits to selfless behavior. The finding may seem incongruous, given that lack of ...

For a story to stick with the audience long after they've finished it, it needs to have underlying themes that shine through in the narrative. As the name implies, My Hero Academia is an immensely ...