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July 2016

July 03, 2016

Happy Birthday to Us!

In preparation for our nation's natal day tomorrow, I offer the following--shamelessly stolen from The Onion--for...

June 2016

June 08, 2016

Here Comes This Dreamer

Your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. This, promises...

May 2016

May 11, 2016

To the Graduating Seniors

For those who read this blog regularly, it will come as no surprise that I...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

Remembering the Revolution

There is a saying, particularly popular among conservatives, that “A conservative is a liberal who...

April 23, 2016

An Introspective Day

In our three years in Milwaukee, our first years together as a married couple trying...

April 20, 2016

Family Values?

I was angry with my father for a lot of reasons over the years, some...

March 2016

March 25, 2016

A Common Criminal

During the Providence Friars’ recent exciting basketball season, Jeanne and I frequently watched a replay of...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

The Best and the Worst: A Wish for the New Year

Love does not say “I ought to love”—it loves. Pity does not say “It is...

December 22, 2015

The Strong, Silent Type

In my religious tradition, we didn’t do saints. We did do Christmas pageants—big time. I...

December 12, 2015

Our Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough

On the day after the San Bernardino massacre, just the latest in what seems to...

September 2015

September 21, 2015

Is the Pope Catholic?

He wants to be a modern pope. All he needs is dreadlocks and a dog...

September 16, 2015

Where is the Gardener?

Once upon a time two explorers came upon a clearing in the jungle. In the...

August 2015

August 10, 2015

The Wicked

The morning after the recent Fox News-hosted debate amongst candidates for the Republican presidential nomination,...

June 2015

June 24, 2015

There are More Things In Heaven and Earth . . .

Not long ago I received the following email out of the blue: “My name is ___ and...

June 12, 2015

Hats Off!

In 1831, Robert Schumann published his very first review, in the form of an imaginary...

June 03, 2015

Unvisited Tombs

I saw a bumper sticker once that said “So many books, so little time.” I...

February 2015

February 11, 2015

Haunted by Humans

A bit over a year ago I read Herman Koch's novel The Dinner during Christmas break....

January 2015

January 26, 2015

Happy in Costa Rica

What is it about intentionally jerking people’s chains that is so satisfying? Every once in...

December 2014

December 12, 2014

Being Uncomfortable

Final exams begin next week, so I'm getting ready for the next round of reading...

September 2014

September 24, 2014

Having a Human Experience

Several years ago, as my mother-in-law was steadily descending into the hell of Alzheimer’s, an...

September 08, 2014

Family Values?

I was angry with my father for a lot of reasons over the years, some...

August 2014

August 18, 2014

How to Herd a Hedgehog (or a Fox)

Classes begin soon and I am coming slowly to the conclusion that my summer reading...

July 2014

July 16, 2014

My Neighbor

Humility is not a peculiar habit of self-effacement. It is a selfless respect for reality...

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...

May 12, 2014

An Avoidable Form of Death

I got involved briefly in a Facebook debate the other day over whether Jane Austen’s...

March 2014

March 14, 2014

Barack Obama is an Elf, or More Things I Have Learned About Myself from Facebook

You beautiful, aloof creature. You’re one of the most revered and honored creatures . ....

December 2013

December 07, 2013

Ubuntu

As we drove home from a lovely two-day celebration of our twenty-fifth anniversary, Jeanne and...

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