What do a vintage Warner Brothers cartoon, a classic war movie, and a caution about how we see ourselves have to do with one another? They are my way of trying to untangle the flag-waving ...

At the end of the first semester of my senior year at college, during the month of December, 2001, I was visiting with Tom, my Jesuit Scholastic friend who, ...

The movie Barbershop is a nightmare for people like the Rev. Al Sharpton. Black leaders have taunted the creators of Barbershop for remarks that disparage the reputation of Dr. Martin ...

The leader of our organization (Jesus) always was a savvy marketer, a marketing God, if you will. He knew his audience, he knew how to reach them, and he wasn't afraid to go up against ...

<img src="http://www.bustedhalo.com/pictures/homePhoto.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="picright"> <blockquote>"Coffee cups on the counter / jackets on the chair Papers on the doorstep / but you're not there Everything is everything / Everything is everything But you're missing." ---"You're Missing"</blockquote> Though the biggest fan ...

 A priest and a rabbi walk into a bar. The rabbi buys the first round, but the priest is not stingy either and buys the next. They spend a few hours telling priest and rabbi jokes, ...

Marion's off this week. So I'd like to dedicate this week's column to my college friend, Susan Cullen, and her soul mate, Thomas Cullen. Tom Cullen was killed in the September 11th disaster. He was ...

Garry Wills was shocked. After the publication of his best-selling book Papal Sin , which documents recent papal shortcomings, Wills not only received the expected letters from angry Catholics demanding he leave the Church, but ...

Saint Francis of Assisi is up for bid on eBay . Several of him, actually. There's Saint Francis in terra cotta or hand-painted ceramic, and also a lovely and practical Saint ...

I will not be going into work on September 11th. I did not work in the Towers, ...