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December 2013

December 02, 2013

“Never Quite Free”: My series on portrayals of penitence concludes

with a look at the Mountain Goats, We Shall All Be Healed. This piece has...

November 2013

November 22, 2013

“What’s So Bad About Casual Drug Use?”: Nick Gillespie

at Time: ...Nearly 50% of people have tried an illegal drug at least once, yet...

November 05, 2013

Yoda and the Giving Tree: The Leaf-Green Faces of the Enemy

Two points connected solely by my desire to use this title. First, I am not...

November 05, 2013

Fools, Drunks, And Americans

As much as I love the idea of a ballet about alcoholism, this article on...

November 04, 2013

Enough Is Never Enough… Of “The Stuff”!

So here in the wacky land we call the Catholic Church, Halloween is the beginning...

October 2013

October 17, 2013

Seven Quick Takes… Almost Friday

Yo. Let's see if this is actually seven or not! "Bullying Prevention Programs May Have...

September 2013

September 28, 2013

“Thanks for Sharing”: Let Your Inhibitions Run Wild

Helen Rittelmeyer is obviously right that we're in a cultural moment where addiction and recovery...

September 25, 2013

‘Cause You Just Can’t Do Things Your Blogwatch Wasn’t Meant To

or, stuff I've been reading. The trust gap between working- and middle-class young people (related...

September 12, 2013

“When a Child Is a Second Chance”: Me at Acculturated

continuing the series of posts on penitence: When I opened Doing the Best I Can:...

September 02, 2013

“Demons in Exile”: Marc Maron on Addiction

Lots of stuff I liked here. I don't buy sentences of the form, "Addicts/alcoholics are...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Man, Last Night Was Apocalyptic!: “The World’s End”

A group of grown-up, respectable friends who have drifted apart are reunited by their very...

August 20, 2013

From “Children of Light”

"How nice Quaaludes are," she said. "The world is possible with art."

August 19, 2013

“So Deep a Wound”: Garrett Keizer on “Home”

not entirely my own take on things, but it will be a while before I...

August 12, 2013

I Hope You Know That This Will Go Down on Your Permanent Record: “The Spectacular Now”

Man, I was so close to loving this movie. Basically it's a John Hughes movie...

August 08, 2013

“Sometimes You Want to Go Where Nobody Knows Your Name”: Me on “Home”

a searing novel by Marilynne Robinson: You have preserved my life from the pit of...

August 01, 2013

Thanatostalgia

I don't actually know who Russell Brand is, except that he's British and popular for...

July 2013

July 22, 2013

Take the Guns, Leave the Cannoli–Unless the Cannoli Is What You Need!

I'm a compulsive giver of advice. Despite my demonstrable lack of ability to run my...

July 18, 2013

“Will the Great US Penal Reform Tip the Balance for Addicts?”: The Fix

feature: ...Now, after decades of runaway incarceration fueled greatly by the War on Drugs, California...

July 12, 2013

My Keys to Your House

I read Gail Caldwell's 2010 Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship...

July 09, 2013

Photographs of Moms Being Treated for Painkiller Addiction

at the Wall Street Journal: A small but growing number of clinics for mothers-to-be are...

June 2013

June 30, 2013

UPDATE to Mexican Drug-War Journalism Story: Plagiarism, Self-Promotion?

At least some part of this story may be false. See here and here. THANKS...

June 27, 2013

“Mexico Relies on Social Media for Drug War News”: The Fix–UPDATED

reports: With most mainstream media sources silenced by fear of the drug cartels, social media...

June 27, 2013

Hammered Horror: “A Horrible Way to Die”

Indie horror flick A Horrible Way to Die is a great example of how a...

June 21, 2013

“‘Middlemarch’ and What We Mean When We Say Shame Works”: me at AmCon

sorry for length!: The idea that “shame works”—that stigmatizing behaviors and shaming the people who...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

“A New York Needle Exchange Program in Action”: Sarah Beller

at The Fix: Around 6 pm on a spring evening, I walk with Hector Mata...

May 21, 2013

Speaking of Endurance

His-and-hers perspectives on chronic relapse. Strong stuff. She: I met my husband, Jimmy, at my...

May 21, 2013

So Many Steps to Death: Revisiting “Brideshead Revisited”

Hey, so I read Brideshead Revisited again. I was in college the first time. Probably...

May 10, 2013

“Mothers Who Lost Children to Overdose Find Hope”: Tessie Castillo

at The Fix: BJ Sanders of Lumberton, North Carolina, also felt the sting of judgment...

April 2013

April 26, 2013

Ask Your Doctor If Solidarity Is Right for You… or AA, CBT, LOL

I have a lot of small thoughts about this piece at The Fix about the...

April 25, 2013

From Henri Nouwen, “The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom”

Simply start by admitting that you cannot cure yourself. You have to say yes fully...