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May 2018

May 15, 2018

Notes on Heresy

I haven’t any major gripes with the Roman Catholic Church. On the whole, I feel...

May 10, 2018

In the Presence of My Enemies

I eat a pretzel in the presence of my enemies. (They have assembled in Charlottesville.)...

February 2017

February 17, 2017

Poetry Friday: “Afternoon Swim”

The play of grammar has always lured me. I’ve wondered: why do English sentences take...

May 2016

May 23, 2016

The Prophet of Uninterrupted Complaint

I am grateful for deadlines, even when I have little time, or only brief windows...

August 2015

August 14, 2015

Taming the Busy Trap

By Allison Backhous Troy I’m emerging from one of the busiest seasons of my life....

December 2014

December 12, 2014

It’s Advent and I’m Done Waiting

This is not an Advent post. There are enough of those out there. Writing of...

September 2014

September 09, 2014

Slogans in Ruins: Land for Peace, Two State Solution

“Hope lost and fear won,” said Udi Segal, the diplomatic correspondent for Israel’s Channel 2...

May 2013

May 15, 2013

An Orchestra Against Ignorance

The alumni magazine of Brown University, my alma mater, begins its article on a unique orchestra...

June 2012

June 03, 2012

Making Rules for Life

For my forty-first birthday, I decided to write a personal rule of life. Turning forty...

May 2012

May 16, 2012

Whispering Along a Thin Trembling Thread

Most of us are vulnerable to the solipsistic notion that our sufferings and joys are...