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February 2021

February 23, 2021
One of the pleasant surprises of the new semester, now four weeks old, is that...
February 21, 2021
Shortly before the 2013 conclave that would elect him as Pope Francis I, then Cardinal...
February 18, 2021
Once many years ago, a couple I was close friends with was having marital problems....
February 16, 2021
The earth is round. Two plus two equals four. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won...
February 14, 2021
Three years ago, for the first time since 1945, Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day fell...
February 11, 2021
One of the many things I enjoy about the teaching profession is creating new courses....
February 09, 2021
Today is the first day of the impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump...
February 07, 2021
I am not a complainer by nature. My wife, my family, and my friends would...
February 04, 2021
It is not surprising, given what 2020 was like, that the most viewed post on...
February 02, 2021
I am sure that I’m not the only person who has spent noticeably more time...

January 2021

January 31, 2021
When we first moved to Rhode Island in the middle 1990s for my new teaching...
January 29, 2021
The #2 post on this blog in popularity in 2020 was published in February. I...
January 26, 2021
Last Saturday, the New York Times published a fascinating article by Elizabeth Dias called “In...
January 24, 2021
We ought not to hide from ourselves that Nazi Germany is a mirror for all...
January 21, 2021
Coming in at #3 in my "Best of 2020" blog post lineup is "Why are...
January 19, 2021
There is nothing that attracts the ire of various commenters on this blog more than...
January 17, 2021
As the nation continues to process and seek to understand the seditious riot and occupation...
January 15, 2021
In the days that have passed since the January 6th seditionist attack on the U....
January 14, 2021
Coming in at #4 in my list of my top blog posts of 2020, judged...
January 12, 2021
Today I want to share something entirely different and new for me. Last November I...
January 10, 2021
Tolerance, acceptance, and embracing difference--even in the face of established tradition and clear procedures--has been...
January 09, 2021
A quick observation today. Over the past couple of days, I have read a number...
January 07, 2021
For the next several Thursdays, I will be reposting my top blog posts of 2020,...
January 05, 2021
One of my favorite skits from the early years of Saturday Night Live involved a...
January 03, 2021
On New Year’s Day, I wrote that my New Year’s resolution this year is to...
January 02, 2021
In the beginning was the Word . . . and the Word was made flesh,...
January 01, 2021
There are few things that everyone can agree on these days, but here's one: 2020...

December 2020

December 30, 2020
A few days before Christmas, Jeanne and I were talking with a friend of hers...
December 29, 2020
Earlier this month, I posted an essay titled "It Isn't True Just Because You Believe...
December 27, 2020
Because of Covid-19, a less-than-smooth transition from one administration to another, and a general impatience...
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