politics

Organized religion often is a source of packaged answers and comfortable solutions to important questions...

An item popped up on my Facebook news feed not long ago reporting that Harper...

In 1980, famed science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov wrote the following in an opinion piece for...

Today's reading from Matthew's gospel is both famous and infamous. Jesus asks his disciples "Who...

Every once in a while, our lives are blessed with a person who uniquely and...

I make no secret, on this blog or in person, of my love for Canada....

Classes begin on my campus in three weeks. That, in the middle of a pandemic,...

By now, most everyone is aware of how proud Donald Trump is of passing a...

Last Wednesday, after three delays (one our fault, two their fault), our house got a...

With Donald Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone’s prison sentence last week, we are reminded once...

A recent edition of The New Yorker had a timely cartoon on the back page. Two mourners...

Two summers ago, Jeanne and I took our first honest-to-God vacation in our thirty-plus years...

Every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig-tree, and there shall...

Former President Obama loved to quote a hopeful statement from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:...

Why do intelligent people believe lies that are easily exposed as lies? Why do intelligent...

If you are looking for a new novel to read, may I recommend Emily St....

It’s Trinity Sunday. Don’t worry, I’m not going to try to explain that very strange...

On Facebook a couple of days ago, I posted this: It's times like these that...

I recently finished reading Hilary Mantel’s long-awaited The Mirror and the Light, the final entry...

Memorial Day is a day for solemn remembrance, a time that this year must also...

I viewed Martin Doblmeier's documentary about Dorothy Day, "Revolution of the Heart," a few days...

The final unit in my General Ethics class that ended last week was Gun Violence....

Human beings never behave so badly as when they believe they are protecting God. Barbara Brown...

My youngest son was born in 1981 and grew up as Americans began, for the...

There is something appropriate about teaching a course named “Apocalypse” in the middle of world...

God would have us know that we must live as people who manage our lives...

The regular season of Providence Friars basketball ended last Saturday; after a remarkable end of...

Cuba and Fidel Castro are in the news, as Bernie Sanders seeks to explain why...

My tattoo-artist oldest son reported in a phone conversation the other day that one of...

I was the scheduled lector at the 8:00 service last Sunday, the first time I...