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 ...

A few weeks before she finished her pharmacy degree, my younger sister called to tell me she'd just been offered a job paying something like $60,000 a year. My mind sprouted dark, envious thoughts as ...

I'm a good Catholic. I go to Mass every week. I'm involved in my local parish. I oppose both capital punishment and abortion on demand. I've attended Catholic schools from kindergarten to graduate school. I'm ...

Friday night, 7 p.m., Central time. I'm sitting in my favorite chair, anxiously staring at my radio, when those familiar words come through the air: " From WBEZ Chicago?and Public Radio ...

Approximately a year ago, I wrote a well-thought-out, carefully polished essay on the subject of dating a co-worker. The entirety of it had been pulled directly from my ass. I can't even remember the last time ...

Empty, desolate and dry. Although these are the words most commonly thought of when describing the desert, they only tell a small portion of the story. For much of the world the desert ...

Their faces keep surfacing on the evening news, in snapshots pulled from fireplace mantels or the pages of the family album. These are photos never meant to be here, at the tragic center of a ...

 Our internet connection was out�a serious problem for the BustedHalo.com booth on site at World Youth Day (with the Pope) in Toronto, Canada. So I hiked the hundred feet or so to ...

"Anna Nicole Smith is busting out with a wild new reality sitcom. It's the place where pop culture and cleavage converge, so tune in and stay abreast of Anna Nicole's big adventures." -- Program description from ...

There's a favorite story in my family that goes something like this… My father-in-law, a Frenchman, had just arrived in Latin America. He made his way to the government offices in the capital to get his ...

Have you talked to your Mother today? You might want to contact her. She's been waiting for you. She loves you very much, and would like to know how your day went. She will listen to tales of traffic ...

Men and women of a certain age were simply unable to reach maturity without attending some social event that featured the soundtrack from the movie Grease, particularly that portion in which the phenomenon ...

The Cuban exile now living in Canada told the Cubans at the World Youth Day celebrations in Toronto: "If there is any way I can help you at all, please let me know." Ismael Sambra spoke ...

The lake was warm. I dropped into the water and pushed off from the dock. I swam into the sunshine, floated, and waited for Steve. He swam near and pointed down. He motioned to my ...

Once upon a time, I owned one bowl and one spoon. I carried them from meal to meal?eating, washing, drying - and allotted them their own shelf in my otherwise empty cupboard. It was a ...

You feel for Moses. He walks through the desert for forty years leading his Jewish people to the Promised Land, and in the end, he never gets to live there. Move the scene a few thousand ...

Toronto stinks. Or at least it has since June 26, when the 6800 City of Toronto Outside Workers went on strike . This means that, until union and employer agree on a new contract, garbage ...

At the movies, do you stay until all the credits have rolled by? Everyone knows that behind-the-scenes folks in the movie industry get the short end of the stick. Directors and producers are ...

There's only one thing worse than waking to a blaring alarm clock five days a week, flailing away at traffic, flailing away at co-workers, flailing away at management, peeling Saran Wrap away from warmish tuna ...

 I've been listening to the stories of young immigrants lately. To me they sound to me a lot like the classic tales of the spiritual journey of life. Not so religious really, but they are all ...