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January 30th, 2012
Not a football fan? Neither am I. But in a country where football is more or less a religion, it’s hard to escape the clamor ...
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January 27th, 2012
"We Need to Talk About Kevin" is already playing in NYC; it opens today in LA, Chicago, Houston and Phoenix and is rolling out nationwide.Sometimes Zuzu's petals are all you have to hold onto. That's ...
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January 25th, 2012
[The Tree of Life was a surprise nominee for Best Picture in the 2012 Academy Awards nominations on January 24. This is our review of the ...
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January 8th, 2012
On loving books in a digital age
In the last week, two different people have asked me if I have any interest in owning a Kindle. My answer both times was a ...
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January 2nd, 2012
And why the Gaga haters hate her
The video for Lady Gaga's song "Judas" has premiered, ending weeks of speculation stirred up by several religious spokespeople who denounced it before seeing it. The video is set in a motorcycle gang; Jesus is ...
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December 31st, 2011
(1942 – 2011)
When Clarence Clemons joined the E Street Band in October 1972, I was six months old. He was just beginning his musical ...
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December 30th, 2011
For most of the public history of alcoholism and drug addiction all the way back to Noah, the general impression has been that it is ...
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December 27th, 2011
(1932-2011)
Could there have been anyone more gorgeous, more sumptuous, and more glamorous to a girl growing up in the ‘50s and 60s than Elizabeth Taylor, ...
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November 17th, 2011
"Here it comes!" my husband said, as the wind slammed our hillside house and a storm of heavy, wet flakes descended on our deck. It felt as if the sky were turning itself inside out ...
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October 26th, 2011
Is Halloween really the holiday from Hell?
From my high school students this time of year I often get a lot of questions like this:
"Mr. H., why are we celebrating Halloween? I ...
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October 20th, 2011
Opening nationwide this weekend
The Way, written and directed by Emilio Estevez (Bobby) and starring his father, Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now, The West Wing, The Departed), is rather obviously about the spiritual journey. The Camino de Santiago, called "The ...
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October 20th, 2011
The Way, an inspirational story about navigating the challenges we face in an ever-changing world, was written and directed by Emilio Estevez and stars his father, Martin Sheen. The film takes place along The Camino ...
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October 18th, 2011
One woman joins an artists' community organized by an unlikely character
I remember the ...
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October 11th, 2011
In one of the opening shots of Machine Gun Preacher, a member of warlord Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) kneels a mother down before her child. He hands the child a club and screams ...
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September 30th, 2011
We’re a nation captivated by coupons. We see them advertised everywhere: Facebook, e-mails, and magazines. Apple has several apps specifically meant for coupon-lovers, and ...
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September 27th, 2011
Reconciling MTV, Pop Culture, and Catholic Values
I'll admit it, I watch the “Jersey Shore.” I’m addicted to the antics of The Situation, the lovable Pauly D, and overly coiffed Snooki. ...
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August 4th, 2011
The Busted Halo crew shares what they're listening to this summer.
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July 15th, 2011
Today brings the final book of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, to a close as the last 250 pages ...
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July 11th, 2011
I have J.K. Rowling to thank for much of my literary upbringing. Without the Harry Potter series, I am not sure that I ...
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July 8th, 2011
I never really knew what the word Catholic meant until I went to Stanford. In my previous Catholic school life it was never a label, ...
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