Ourlando: my prayers for my city
MY ADOPTED hometown is nicknamed The City Beautiful, but today her face is smudged with tears. Long known as the global headquarters of happy fantasy—from Mickey…
Gilligan and the Great Commission
I HAVE DECIDED this about adventures: they are more fun when you are looking forward to them or when you are looking back on the photographs…
Cars and chromosomes
THERE WAS A time when people did not talk about these things, but I am not ashamed to admit that I have a male chromosome disorder.…
Tempted to take the biscuit
THE PROBLEM with knee-jerk reactions is that you can end up looking like a jerk when the rest of the story is revealed. As I observed…
All the best (of my year)
Too many “Best of the Year” round-ups make me feel guilty or overwhelmed: oh no, here’s something else I have to know, do, read, make, watch.…
Christmas is hope in the ruins
I AM HAUNTED this Christmas not by one of Charles Dickens’ ghosts, but by a little boy I never knew. Though we did not meet, he…
Why ‘Home Alone’ stops my heart
As one of those who considers a Home Alone viewing a required part of the run-up to Christmas, I’ll be watching with my usual mix of…
Less plot, more character
If ever appointed Public Speech Czar, I will ban Peeps words—like those Easter marshmallows, fluffy but with no real substance. Those eagerly awaiting this development may…
How to doubt well
Though he is considered the patron saint of India, where tradition has it that he took the gospel after the resurrection, I like to think of…
The parable of Clint Eastwood
During a break on a working trip to Washington, D.C., my host took me to the downtown area for a look around. Strolling along, we came…
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