Victor Nuovo
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Victor Nuovo: The Rule of Law
It is commonplace to refer to the United States of America as a democracy. But those who speak this way, although they speak sincerely, state it incorrectly.
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Victor Nuovo: William Ernest Henley (1849-1903): Unconquered
Robert Louis Stevenson, who was William Ernest Henley’s lifelong friend, fashioned the character of Long John Silver after him, particularly on “his maimed strength and masterfulness.”
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Letter to the editor: Nuovo’s work appreciated
In recent weeks I’ve found myself wondering if we’d ever be lucky enough to get another column by the inestimable Victor Nuovo.
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Community Forum: Growing old can be a joyful wisdom
When I was 70, I felt as though my life was beginning. At 80, I began to sense that there are limits. But now, at 91, I know…
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Victor Nuovo: The irony of war
The theme of this essay occurred to me while reading a new history of the Second World War entitled “Blood and Ruins, The Last Imperial War.”
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Victor Nuovo: Time and eternity: Human focus on here and now results in untold suffering
13th in a series I concluded last week’s essay with a question: whether human history has any meaning. And I suggested that an answer might be found in…
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Letter to the editor: Letter writer had a point
I write in response to Kris Diehl’s letter in your April 21 issue. He raises a good point.
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Victor Nuovo: Does a look at our history have moral purpose?
Shakespeare’s “Tragedy of Macbeth” is about a man who would be King; who, motivated by envy and ambition, achieved his life’s goal by committing murder, only to be…
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Letter to the editor: Column partial to Christianity?
I didn’t want to write this letter without time to more clearly spell out my feelings. But I also don’t want my displeasure to go un-noted, because I…
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Victor Nuovo: Defining the Good itself
The theme of my last four essays has been Good and Evil, but so far I have failed to define these words.