15 May 2021 “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” -- Mae West I am 67 years old, the same age my father died,...

Love cannot be disembodied even in its most sanctified forms, nor is it without sanctity even in its most fleshly. – Thomas Mann, Magic...

In this three-part series, I wanted to reflect on the relationship between the erosion of our discourse on the Common Good and our most...

I taught college for most of four decades, and it just seems to me that these sentiments have become alien to citizens of a nation for...

We all take as a given, like fish in water, a cultural and historical preoccupation with the “self” as something to nurture, protect,...

There is a real paradox in intimate relationships. No one wants to be alone, but for someone to be really with you, especially to be a...

An occasionally wise erstwhile friend once told me he thought there were three important things in life to think about. While his...

This is a "guest blog" from my old friend Martha, my one-time Dean of Faculty who got me involved in a writing group, part of the...

“This Be the Verse,” by Philip Larkin, 1971 They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the...

We live in a social world in which we are mimetically engulfed, constantly sharing and imitating the behavior and facial expressions of...