No one comes running to meet me when I get home from work. The house is disappointingly dark and silent, the loves of my life hours into sleep. Since there's no one around to talk ...

When I first looked into her eyes, I fell harder for her than for anyone I had previously met. She had the most beautiful brown eyes, perfectly complementing her gorgeous smile and adorable features. ...

Any cop will tell you it's the guilty who run at the scene of a crime. Believe that and you'll find Vice President Dick Cheney's disappearances during recent terrorist alerts puzzling. During ...

My friend Dave Connors was 25 when he died of complications from heart surgery. For as long as I knew Dave, he was hampered by physical ailments, but I ...

I cried in the frozen foods aisle last night. I lived with my parents in Cincinnati for two years while I finished my master's degree and could not wait to leave. This is not to say ...

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, ...

A year ago September 11, Lisa Beamer was a media nobody�practically a stigma in today's American Idol Real World Funniest Home Videos Bachelor Dating Contest Survivor world. Of all the people whose lives were changed ...

We've noticed that many people seem to want to form connections since the tragedy of September 11th last year. Even in everyday encounters when we're running errands, people want to talk more. ...

"Turbo props are ok. They won't hijack a turbo prop," my ex-boyfriend insisted as I squirmed and looked for more reasons not to fly to my upcoming family reunion four ...

I once had a roommate who disapproved of me watching the X-Files. You know, because of all the murdering, and that creepy music. She would glide past the TV Sunday nights gently tsk-tsking, and recite ...

During times of crisis, things can get overwhelming if you try to do it all yourself. At different times we've tried to remind one another of that. Mike: Since my mom has been sick, I've ...