I was listening to a sampling of an audio book of C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters as delightfully read by John Cleese (who was nominated for a Grammy in 1999 for best spoken-word performance for this). Lewis wrote this book, or as he put it the “correspondence… fell into my hands”, during WWII. The tempter’s words seem all too relevant 65 years later: …Whichever he adopts, your main task will be the same. Let him begin by treating the Patriotism or the Pacifism as a part of his religion. Then let him, under the influence of partisan spirit, come to … Continue reading C. S. Lewis on War (and Anti-War) Fever