Blog Posts

  • Mr. Worldwide Eclipse

    A Muslim, a Jew, and a Christian walk into a bar. Our friends are right behind us. Actually, it’s more of a trickling in, really, and we probably aren’t in that order at all… I think I messed up the punchline. Let’s back up! It’s 2017. An ardent astronomy enthusiast – dare I say, zealot?…

  • My response to the Vatican: a proof by contradiction

    …[T]he Vatican took pains to strike a balance between protecting personal human dignity and clearly stating church teaching… https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/world/europe/vatican-sex-change-surrogacy-dignity.html And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that [Jesus] answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important…

  • “Nope, respectfully”: a response to “Are American progressives making themselves sad?” by James Bennet, ‘Lexington’ columnist for The Economist

    Link to original article No, James. We’re not. First, I think we disagree on what happiness is. My happiness, for example, isn’t diminished upon my learning that folks in Finland have had a joyful past several years. I don’t know how we could compare happiness in numerical terms when we can’t agree on the experience.…

  • Love and Work: A Scholarship App

    Before he died, Dad told me how much he regretted spending life resenting his job. No matter what, he said, I want you to love what you do. I won’t pretend that he made me promise, but in remembering the look in his eyes, it doesn’t feel right to say that he didn’t, either. I…

  • Why Jesus? A Sunrise Reflection

    The short answer: I fell in love with His character. What Jesus said: Love your neighbor as yourself. What Jesus did not say: Just kidding if they’re gay. ________ The long answer: When you grow up caring for a parent with a terminal illness, you end up writing a lot of essays about how horrific…