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October 12th, 2005
My Name Is Earl solves the world's problems in thirty minutes or less
It's bad karma to steal a car from a one-legged woman. In fact, it's bad karma to do most of the things Early Hickey's done, including letting someone ...
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October 4th, 2005
Though its influence among Christians in the West may be waning, the sacred art of fasting is flourishing in the rest of the world.
This October all adult and physically capable Muslims abstain from food, water and sexual relations from dawn to sunset during the lunar month of Ramadan (October 5 to ...
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September 20th, 2005
Most of us can identify certain teachers or mentors who have had
a profound impact on our lives. The same can be said for particular books that have shaped our view of the world. With ...
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September 8th, 2005
"Do you think sin exists? Why or why not?"
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August 1st, 2005
Alice von Hildebrand and an insightful brand of feminist spirituality
Before the Vagina Monologues even opened on my Catholic college campus last year, the campus had been buzzing with concern. Fordham University pulled funding because some of the ...
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July 22nd, 2005
Fox’s new reality show offers viewers an all-too real insight into a typical faith community
A little over a week ago, I was able to get a first look at the pilot for a new reality show called God’s Eye that will be part ...
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July 22nd, 2005
Remembering Star Trek’s James “Scotty” Doohan
Before I begin I need to get something out of the way. “Hello, my
name is Dave and I’m a recovering Trekkie.” Phew! It feels so good to get ...
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July 7th, 2005
What was your reaction to the recent bombings in London? Do you feel safe? How do you feel about the amount of money spent on national security?
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July 2nd, 2005
Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof takes a second crack at reducing poverty
"We don't want your money—we want you!" You've seen the commercials—a quick montage of famous faces imploring viewers to help eliminate poverty forever. This marketing blitz is ...
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July 1st, 2005
Novelist Mary Gordon confronts faith and forgiveness in her new novel
So, do you really have to buy all that stuff for Catholic faith to mean something? I mean, does a person really have to be a believer?
At first, this ...
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June 8th, 2005
Where does Harry’s magic come from?
Shortly after the first Harry Potter books came out in ...
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June 2nd, 2005
A review of Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle
Hayao Miyazaki makes that rare kind of animated movie that both children and adults love. Considered one of the greatest writer-directors in Japanese cinema and one of the finest animators ...
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June 1st, 2005
What are your plans for a summer vacation?
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May 10th, 2005
Do you think men in our society still have an advantage over women?
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May 1st, 2005
CNN's Vatican analyst and National Catholic Reporter correspondent sits down with BustedHalo to talk about the death of John Paul II, the election of Pope Benedict and where the Catholic Church is headed
If you happened to be anywhere near a television set during the extensive media coverage of the death of Pope John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict, ...
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April 19th, 2005
A Review of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Early on in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi face Jedi-gone-bad Count Dooku in battle, Dooku--sensing that Anakin has grown in ...
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April 13th, 2005
A vocational smackdown
One of the sacrifices that comes with living in a religious community is that you don't always get to watch what you want on TV. So, a few years ago I reluctantly sat down with ...
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April 4th, 2005
Do you think that the Live 8 concert brought awareness to people about poverty around the world? Are the participants really committed to the cause? How can we do a better job raising awareness about ...
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April 3rd, 2005
Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code receives a cold cut
What fascinated me about the hugely popular novel The Da Vinci Code was not whether Dan Brown's gargantuan best-seller had a shred of truth in it but rather that ...
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March 27th, 2005
A review of Bob Dylan's autobiography, Chronicles: Volume I
When Greil Marcus reviewed Bob Dylan's eagerly awaited 1970 album Self-Portrait for Rolling Stone, he began with the infamous line "what is this s—t?" Dylan's legions of fans, ...
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