Emerson’s “Dirge” helps me remember and honor my son Justin on this 25th anniversary of his death.
Monthly Archives: April 2025
My Restorative Father-Sons Reunion
The presence of my sons at my brother’s memorial service proved deeply comforting, just as Telemakhos and Odysseus are comforted when they reencounter each other.
On Claiming Christ While Hating the P
A Joe Fasano poem calling out “Those Who Call Themselves Christian but Seek to Divide and Conquer the World”
“Come Out of Your Jail, Mary”
A W.R. Rodgers poem about Mary Magdalene’s “dawning” realization on Easter morning.
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A Partial Defense of Ayn Rand
In this Bulwark article, a writer says that Silicon Valley tech bros, while they admire Ayn Rand’s heroes, resemble more her villains.
The Wannabe Emperor’s New Clothes
Andersen’s “Emperor’s New Clothes” describes Trump’s con to perfection.
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For Earth Day, Resist Despair
In “Beginners” Levertov urges us to resist despair: “So much is in bud.”
Pope Francis: Lit as Spiritual Formation
Among Pope Francis’s great contributions to humanity was his passionate and eloquent defense of literature.
The ICEman Cometh
ICE’s attack on immigrants brings to mind Frost’s “Fire and Ice,” O’Neill’s “The Ice Man Cometh,” Stevens’s “The Emperor of Ice Cream,” and Niemöller’s “First They Came.”
