Our Sexy Life

by Peter J. Leithart

Sex has become abortive even when it doesn’t end with an abortion. Continue Reading »

8 Jul 2022

What We Lost

by John Soriano

The COVID-induced isolation—and worse—permeating our “senior living facilities” is a haunting reminder that, as a society, we lost something precious by migrating away from multi-generational living. Continue Reading »

31 Jan 2022

The Grandfather’s Vocation

by Peter J. Leithart

By leaving an imprint on our grandkids, we throw a line to generations we’ll never live to see. To be a grandparent is to build a bridge of hope from the past into the future. Continue Reading »

12 Nov 2021

Magdalena

by Matthew Hennessey

Magdalena loves potatoes. Doesn’t matter what kind. Red, yellow, Idaho, Irish, boiled, baked, or mashed. French-fried is best, but she’ll eat potatoes any way you make them and any way you dress them up. Magdalena loves potatoes so much she’ll even eat them with the skins on. Not every kid can . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2021

Getting Rid of the Vegetables

by David F. Forte

The other day, I cleaned out the vegetable bin in my refrigerator. Some leaves of the head lettuce had browned, an old zucchini was wrinkled with age, and a forgotten tomato was shrunken. I had little regret, for I was replacing the space with some fresh sweet corn and a nicely formed Holland . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 1992

I Want To Burden My Loved Ones

by Gilbert Meilaender

Recently I was a speaker and panel member at a small educational workshop on “advance directives” sponsored by the ethics committee of our local hospital. The workshop was an opportunity to provide information about, and discuss the relative merits of, living wills and durable powers of attorney . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 1991