Brad Shorr
In Notes from Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky tries to explain the seemingly irrational behavior of humans in psychological terms. First published in 1864, the novella is a fascinating character study that has been called the first existentialist work of fiction. The narrator, “Underground Man,” is quite unreliable; since you can’t trust…
In Contagious Faith, Philip K. Lawler says what I’ve been trying to say in these pages for over a year, with the glaring difference being that Lawler says it much better. He describes the colossal (and ongoing) failure of the Catholic Church hierarchy’s response to the COVID lockdowns, a turn…
Zillions of hand sanitizers going for $1/bottle at Walmart, and apparently no takers. Might be smart to buy the whole lot and wait for the next new pathogen. It won’t be a long wait. The senses deteriorate with age. On a recent walk, I passed the local Starbucks and couldn’t…
A reader of this blog recommended The Chosen several months ago. What a show. The Chosen is a multi-season dramatic series about the life of Jesus Christ. It combines a faithful rendering of the Bible with creative but totally plausible backstories about the characters that make the events described in…