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  • Pride Month Isn’t Canceled

    Pride Month Isn’t Canceled0

    The “vibe shift” is real. By “vibe shift,” I mean the shift from American family values to complete cultural degeneracy over the last 30 or so years. At the risk of sounding morose, the recent right-wing victory party over Pride Month is severely misguided. However encouraged we may be at the progress made against corporate

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  • You Can Do Better Than a Beach Read

    You Can Do Better Than a Beach Read0

    “But the fountain sprang up and the bird sang down Redeem the time, redeem the dream The token of the word unheard, unspoken” – T. S. Eliot, “Ash Wednesday” In his poem “Ash Wednesday,” T. S. Eliot famously borrows the language of St. Paul in order to image the paradoxes of faith. “For you were once

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  • 3 Ways To Escape the Doom-And-Gloomers

    3 Ways To Escape the Doom-And-Gloomers0

    For most of the 21st century, a mob of Grinches has controlled American culture and politics. These are the Chicken Littles who have wailed that “climate change” would doom the planet. They are the sorcerers who declare that men can become women and vice-versa, who despite the blood-stained evidence of a hundred years proclaim the

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  • What To Do When Customer Service Is a Contradiction in Terms

    What To Do When Customer Service Is a Contradiction in Terms0

    In mid-April, a long box weighing about 80 pounds showed up on the front porch of the house I rent. An exterior tag announced that the box contained a four-door media center. There was no address and no name other than “Richard” for delivery. Thinking the console belonged to me, my 81-year-old neighbor – who

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  • On the Thrill of Not Catching Sheep

    On the Thrill of Not Catching Sheep0

    I have introduced some feral sheep to the countryside around my property. Not on purpose, mind you. One bright morning a few weeks ago, I was buckling my toddler into her car seat so we could go to church, when she observed that the sheep were on the wrong side of the fence. Twenty minutes

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  • With All Due Respect

    With All Due Respect0

    Comedian Rodney Dangerfield operated in the world of “The Godfather,” the film about criminals who stress family, loyalty, manhood, and respect. The movie’s repeated emphasis on respect – “I said that I would see you because I had heard that you were a serious man, to be treated with respect,” Don Corleone says to another criminal, Sollozzo – inspired

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