In a February 19, 2017 article in The New Yorker, “Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds,” Elizabeth Kolbert laid out the reason most people are stupid. I assume I don’t have to argue this. Anyone older than seven knows this … Continue reading Why People Are Stupid
Today is Palm Sunday. Last year, I celebrated it in Abidjan, the Ivory Coast. A French Jesuit led a small group of us in the liturgy. I still have the fronds that we had taken from a savanna palm tree … Continue reading Palm Sunday
I went to see an incorrupt heart this week. It belonged to Saint Jean Vianney (1786-1859), who served as a parish priest in Ars, France and was canonized as a saint of the church by Pius XI in 1925. Vianney … Continue reading The Incorrupt Heart
I have proclaimed Monday, April 1, 2019, as International Dad’s Day. In celebration of such a festive occasion, you, dear readers, have sent me dad jokes. I am most appreciative. These jokes have been impressive, coming from places as far … Continue reading “Don’t Call Me Shirley”
Remember to send me your dad jokes by replying in the Comment section of this post. I will include them in the next post scheduled for Sunday, March 31, which is the day before International Dad’s Day, otherwise known as … Continue reading Mittwoch Matinee
One day years ago I took the 71 bus from Watsonville to Santa Cruz, California. It was a local bus, a milk run, that made many stops along the way. Depending on the time of day, it could take you … Continue reading “What in the World is that Smell?”
It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and I need to say at the outset that I am not Irish. Elizabeth Warren is more Native American than I am Irish. Still, that doesn’t prevent me from appreciating the Irish just as it didn’t … Continue reading Irish Eyes, Smiling or Not
