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February 2016

February 03, 2016

The Wisdom of Mister Carson

  As those who love Masterpiece Theater and great television know, "Downton Abbey" is in...

December 2015

December 26, 2015

Remembering a Friend

“Happy Stoning Day!” Brother John said as he greeted me below the choir stalls after...

December 04, 2015

This or That?

I got into an interesting conversation the other day with someone who insisted that on...

November 2015

November 18, 2015

Jesus is Riding a Dinosaur, and other observations

The next time someone says something like “These are $130 headphones that I bought for...

October 2015

October 02, 2015

A Jesuit Frame of Mind

The recently concluded visit of Pope Francis to the United States has put me in...

September 2015

September 04, 2015

Life at Ten Miles per Hour

Following my bike ride the other day, as I frequently do I posted some pictures...

June 2015

June 17, 2015

My Best Friends

I sat down in my usual aisle seat on one of my infrequent airplane flights...

May 2015

May 13, 2015

Resembling the Picture

Another academic year is in the books, and as I will gladly be shifting into...

May 11, 2015

There It Is

I did something a couple of weeks ago that I have not done in four years—present...

March 2015

March 23, 2015

Strange and Beautiful

Forgive me for name dropping, but I went to dinner with a New York Times...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

Going on Retreat

I begin with a confession. As recently as a week ago in a Facebook posting...

October 2014

October 24, 2014

I Am Not Your Friend

If it’s Friday, it’s time to think once again about interactions between various constituencies in...

October 01, 2014

Suffering into Truth

Every fall I get to spend several weeks with a bunch of freshmen in the...

September 2014

September 12, 2014

Stuffed Soul Mates

I have a good friend and colleague in the philosophy department whose twin daughters have...

September 10, 2014

But I Might Be Wrong

During the first weeks of the semester I often think about my first weeks as...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

In Praise of Snobbery

Last July, in the middle of an interminable stretch of high-90s heat (very unusual for...

July 2014

July 30, 2014

If I Were a Beer, or What I have learned about myself from Facebook

My sons learned early on that although I was generally a laid back and flexible...

July 27, 2014

Love Will Win

Picture the favorite vehicle that you have ever owned. Did it look like this? Or...

July 25, 2014

Auras and Cats

In a world of partial color blindness, I have to make do with the colors...

May 2014

May 26, 2014

A Good Match For Myself

Although the spring semester ended less than a week ago, I have been planning for...

February 2014

February 14, 2014

Buster and Donna

Jeanne and I are the living embodiments of the old adage that “opposites attract.” Quickly....

November 2013

November 06, 2013

My Own Skin

As has happened more often in the last 25 years than I could possibly recall,...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Hedgehogs and Foxes–A Primer

The hedgehog knows one big thing, but the fox knows many little things—Archilochus Over twenty-plus...

March 2013

March 21, 2013

The Sounds of Silence

During my senior year in high school, I joined a record club for the first...

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