Family
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Two Who Didn’t Run
His neighbors in 1940s Oklahoma would have found it hard to imagine the boy they knew as…
Sex, Lies, and Suicide
Mollyby blake butlerarchway editions, 328 pages, $17.95 It seems heartless to discuss Blake Butler’s memoir Molly as a work…
Hedgehogs, Foxes, and Other Thinkers
Years ago, I spent a month with my family in Burundi. I had once worked there when…
Mamet’s Map and NetChoice v. Paxton
A curious event in Supreme Court history happened last month: An amicus brief was filed that consists…
Walking with John Cage
A new book by Geoff Nicholson has me thinking once again about walking. It’s called Walking on…
Destroying Marriage in Order to Save It
A recent article in the New Yorker paints a rosy picture of the many ways that polyamory…
The Pope, Same-Sex Blessings, and Protestants
The confusion surrounding the pope’s recent statement Fiducia Supplicans, a document that is ambiguous about whether Catholic…
The Pope and the Black Hole
In a by now familiar sequence of events, the Vatican released a document on Monday which caused…
Holding the Line
This article is part of our 2023 year-end campaign series, featuring reflections from prominent authors on why First…
The Pauline Message of Pig
A movie that focuses on a man’s love for his pig seems a setup for laughs. Add…
How to Fix a Hole in the Heart
The doctor turned to face us. He was a tall man, athletic and thin, put-together and with…
The Unexpected Blessing of a Jigsaw Puzzle
In the summer of 2022, our daughter Katy moved back home full-time from South Dakota to help…
Letters from the Synod 2023: #7
YOGI BERRA AND THE SYNOD: DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN? As these LETTERS reach an international audience, it…
Letters from the Synbod 2023: #5
THE SYNOD AND A MURDEROUS NEW WORLD DISORDER A Synod dedicated to advancing the Church’s mission cannot…
