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May 2016

May 06, 2016
On Monday, one of my Providence College faculty colleagues posted this on Facebook: Today was...
May 02, 2016
I grew up in hunting country where at the appropriate times each year the males...

April 2016

April 29, 2016
There is a saying, particularly popular among conservatives, that “A conservative is a liberal who...
April 25, 2016
I read once that there are two kinds of living things—they are distinguished by the...
April 23, 2016
In our three years in Milwaukee, our first years together as a married couple trying...
April 22, 2016
I am enjoying reading Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache mystery series these days; the third book...
April 20, 2016
I was angry with my father for a lot of reasons over the years, some...
April 18, 2016
We never see the world exactly as it is because we are how the world...
April 16, 2016
As Jeanne and I do various things in the house on Saturdays, we often have...
April 14, 2016
Bright and early on Wednesday morning, it began. Actually, it began around 10:30 on Wednesday...
April 13, 2016
Last Sunday was "Doubting Thomas Sunday." As I wrote some while ago, despite the bad...
April 11, 2016
Last June as my sabbatical officially began, I decided to keep a running list of...
April 09, 2016
I hate being a disappointment to my son, but I know that I am. Caleb...
April 07, 2016
Jeanne and I are headed to Florida this evening to spend a week with family...
April 06, 2016
Last Saturday I said something less than complimentary on social media site about a fellow sports...
April 04, 2016
The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves. William Shakespeare, Julius...
April 01, 2016
IT'S APRIL FOOL'S DAY--A PERFECT TIME FOR SOME IRREVERENCE! One of my unexpected reading delights...

March 2016

March 27, 2016
A couple of years ago, just in time for the Christmas holiday season, a new book...
March 25, 2016
During the Providence Friars’ recent exciting basketball season, Jeanne and I frequently watched a replay of...
March 20, 2016
Rodney Delasanta was one of best teachers and colleagues I ever had the privilege of...
March 18, 2016
Guess what? I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell. Bruce Dickinson...
March 11, 2016
We in southern New England have been spared a tough winter. Shit can still happen,...
March 09, 2016
Is it ever right to hold a grudge? Is resentment or unforgiveness ever justified? These...
March 02, 2016
My birthday is in four days (the big 6-0), so I'm doing a bit of...

February 2016

February 26, 2016
Not long ago I had the chance to read a novel by Ian McEwan that...
February 24, 2016
Last week my academic department had an important and contentious meeting, the latest skirmish in...
February 22, 2016
Many years ago I read a paragraph in Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth that was...
February 17, 2016
I am not Catholic. I have been firmly ensconced in Catholic higher education for close...
February 15, 2016
I don’t know whose idea it was for Valentine’s Day to fall on the first...
February 05, 2016
“Wow, Vance!” my colleague exclaimed as he saw my office in our new philosophy department...
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