by Perry Petrich, SJ | Nov 20, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
In April 2012, Harry Styles, One Direction’s floppy-haired frontman, was googled 15 million times.1 He beat out ‘Secret Service’ which, fresh off its sex scandal in Cartagena, Colombia, garnered more than three million searches and Mitt Romney...
by Matt Stewart, SJ | Nov 20, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Oh thanksgiving! Oh oh oh, thanksgiving! The time-honored American holidays where we celebrate not with elaborate rituals (Christmas trees, Halloween costumes, or even heart-shaped Tums with pithy phrases on them) but just by eating too much. At this point cultural...
by The Jesuit Post | Nov 19, 2012 | MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 1 min
What if Ignatius Had a Smartphone? Better bet he’d be using it for the greater glory. We’ve got two opportunities for you to do the same: Here at The Jesuit Post we’re sponsoring a Photo Contest to promote Magis 2013. We asked you all to submit...
by Jeff Sullivan, SJ | Nov 19, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Nine year-old Sam Gordon (that’s short for Samantha) has compiled pretty impressive stats in her all-boy Utah Pee Wee Football league. They are stats that any fantasy football owner would envy. At first glance, this “Good Morning America” segment felt so saccharine...
by Michael Rozier, SJ | Nov 19, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
One of John Kavanaugh’s greatest gifts, and there were many, was the ability to take a complex, clouded issue and place his finger on its exact center. Reading one of his essays or sifting through one of his books is rather like walking through a labyrinth:...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Nov 16, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Cleve Duncan 1934 to last Wednesday Duncan sang tenor for the Penguins’s decouple-platinum 1954 doo-wop hit ‘Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)’. He leaves behind Marty McFly, who without this ballad at the Enchantment Under The Sea dance would have ceased to exist and...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Nov 15, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Over at Mockingbird (a site with which TJP sort of “rhymes”), David Zahl picks up on a podcast interview with Andrew Potter, author of The Authenticity Hoax: How We Get Lost Finding Ourselves. More than just an anti-self-help book, Potter’s insight is that...
by Paul Lickteig, SJ | Nov 15, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
Once upon a time, I was Superman. I was four years old, and needed only a safety pin and a ratty piece of red cloth to transform from a mild-mannered-toddler into a boy of steel. I still remember my friend Ming and myself running though his house with towels fastened...
by Brian Konzman, SJ | Nov 14, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
“I don’t understand what could be meant by ‘purpose’. I think if there was a purpose I wouldn’t expect human brains to be able to understand it. I think it is clear that humans are just a stage in the emergence of a basic complexity of the universe, and I think it’s...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Nov 13, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
WARNING: Children and those with heart conditions should read no further. Everybody hurts. When I don’t have words to articulate my pain or frustration, I get crude. But crude is probably better than repressed. So I let ‘em rip: Damn it. Damn. Damn. Damn it. This is...
