E Pluribus Unum: Your Life Matters
“45 murders already, 204 people have been shot in January of 2017. Something has to be done. I know we are living …
Sanctuary: Or How I Shook My Post-Election Blues in New York City
“Sanctuary”: Middle English, derived from Old French sanctuaire, from Latin sanctuarium, from sanctus, or “holy.” a. the inmost recess or holiest part …
The State of Black [and White] Cincinnati: Two Cities
Lent: a season of self-examination and renewal of trust in the God of our hope. A shared journey into the desert. The …
Jesuit Education and the Bursting of Soap Bubbles
The widespread failure of our criminal justice system to secure the principle that black lives matter no less than white lives is …
The New Normal
“It’s almost impossible to hold officers accountable, barring incredible circumstances. The public just accepts that this is what police had to do.” …
These Stories Matter
For the past few weeks, I have been struggling to come up with the right thing to say about Tamir Rice, Eric …
The Joy of The Servant Song
During my senior year of college, we sang “The Servant Song” at every Thursday 5:05pm Mass. So it was very special to …
Stealing Moments
Dress after dress after dress. Purples and blues and long and short and satin and tulle. When I was in high school, …
Welcome to Walmart (Bam! Bam! Bam! You’re Dead)
Over at Commonweal.org, Fordham University professor Michael Peppard reflects with pointed honesty about how the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, …
Ferguson: The Spectacle vs. the Terror of the Mundane
“Your book is so timely given what is happening in Missouri.” Several people have emailed me in the last few days with …
