While my oldest son was home from college on spring break, we spent our evenings together watching Frank Coppola’s classic screenplay The Godfather (1972), followed by The Godfather II (1974) and The Godfather III (1990). I find watching these films entertaining as well as educational. There are lessons about history (how immigration changed the landscape of large cities), culture (how values differ from one culture to another), and human nature (how people “take care” of each other). But there are also moral lessons to be learned from The Godfather. For example, sometimes “bad guys” are charming. Don’t think of ‘Evil’ as always parading around with a pitchfork! And, you can’t keep your private life ‘private’ – thinking that it will not affect your family – no matter how hard you may try. And, ruthless Machiavellian schemes may make you rich, but there is a price to pay – guilt, loss, regret, betrayal – and damnation.