The French are into their current version of l’affaire Dreyfus, having recently come up with a law banning the “burkina,” or the bathing costume designed for Muslim women to retain…
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Many years ago I remember a relative of mine joined a volunteer fire brigade. He would have preferred to be a member of a regular fire department, but the suburban…
This essay reprises the story of Jim’s bid to represent his country in the 2004 Olympics. He is now considering selling his collection of Wayne Newton albums to finance…
Over a decade ago I wrote in these pages at the beginning of the second George W. Bush administration a posting that I titled “Slouching Towards Fascism.” It was the…
Mel Gibson directing Jim Caviezel in The Passion of the Christ (Icon, 2004) It should be evident to any readers of these pages over the years that two of…
Among the rallying cries and slogans for the so-called “Brexit” of the United Kingdom from the European Union this past week was a familiar motto: “Take our country back.” We…
Don’t shoot! I’m white Since it has been all over the media everyone must have some awareness of the incident at he Cincinnati Zoo of the 4-yr-old boy who…
President Obama became, today, the first American president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, where at the site near ground zero he made a speech that was unapologetic, but expressed “respect”…
© UrbisMedia. Wow! He looks good in the old Great Helmsman’s hair-do. Or I’m getting damn good at Photoshop. I have been reading with mixed emotions about the recent disappearances of…
The great foundational myth of Christianity, and the Roman Catholic Church, is that it was the project of Jesus Christ (and his Dad). In fact, Christ (who, we have…