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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Ed Morrissey: Zelensky and the Cardinal Virtues
Description: "Courage,” C.S. Lewis wrote, “is the form of every virtue at the testing point.” We rarely see real world demonstrations of this truth, but the emergence of Volodymyr Zelensky as an inspirational wartime leader reminds us of ancient truths about the value of courage. It also reminds us how far we go astray from cardinal virtues when we live in soft times. In the absence of crisis, Lewis also noted, we lose sight of the value of truth and virtue. New York Times columnist Bret Stephens contrasted Zelensky’s heroism with the unserious nature of Western leadersh...