The dictionary defines ambivalence as "a feeling of uncertainty about something due to a mental conflict." That pretty well describes what we are seeing in the West today, where so many people seem incapable of condemning morally reprehensible behavior. For example, I switched on the Fox news channel the other day and saw Sean Hannity ask a Catholic priest to comment on the jihadists in the Gaza-bound flotilla who attacked Israeli soldiers with steel clubs, knives, and handguns. In response, the priest referred to a morally ambiguous statement by the Catholic Church generically decrying all forms of violence in the Middle East. Hannity, who is a decent man with a lively conscience, looked at the priest a little disapprovingly and said: But Father, what about moral clarity? Don't we need to have some moral clarity on this issue? Now, I don't pretend to be a psychologist who has studied non-verbal communications for a living, but neither am I blind. When Hannity asked...(Read Full Post)