Showing posts with label humanity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humanity. Show all posts
Thursday, January 29, 2026

From the Desk of the Lapsed Catholic: The Church Speaks Out, Loudly

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I was raised Catholic and spent my formative years at mass and in catechism when not attending Catholic School. I'm a recipient of most ...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Death by Lightning: To be gone, gone and forgotten

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On the morning after I watched the conclusion of “Death by Lightning" on Netflix. One of the final scenes really got to me. It’s Firs...
Friday, May 30, 2025

Word Back: In America, We're All Bozos on This Red-White-And-Blue Bus

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Part 2 of Word Back: America I explore word choice in "Make America Great Again." What was America like in my youth? Was it all fu...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Word Back: America, Part 1: More a circus than a country

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I began to write this Word Back column as Memorial Day weekend began. I was making fun of what America has become in 2025 but forgot about w...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

The writer's walk

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I am a sitter One who sits I sit all the time now My broken back. Was a time when you Couldn't get me to stay still  Could not get me to...
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Friday, February 18, 2022

Farewell P.J. O'Rourke: The best humor illuminates hard truths

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Satirist P.J. O'Rourke passed away this week. His humor writing, especially during the National Lampoon era, influenced my writing. Nat...
Sunday, December 12, 2021

Humans -- can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em!

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In the film "The Day the Earth Stood Still," versions one and two, an intergalactic diplomat comes to earth, tells humans they are...