by The Jesuit Post | Oct 14, 2012 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 1min
This week, we took some looks at stories of tragedy leading to hope: Tim O’Brien’s attention was caught by a radio story of a survivor of the Bosnian genocide, whose life may have become better off broken. Responding to a NYTimes story about descendants of...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Oct 12, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Howard H. Scott 1920 to two weeks ago Saturday Steve Jobs singlehandedly undid this man’s life work. In 1948 Mr. Scott invented Long Playing vinyl record. LPs–which could hold 22 minutes of music on each side–replaced the 78s that could only hold four. He took us...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Oct 11, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Grab that Zippo lighter ‘cause it’s time to rock! What’s that Stevie “Guitar” Miller? You say you’ve been “ridin’ along in this big ol’ jet plane” and thinking about home? Jon Bon Jovi claims he doesn’t sleep for days while on the road… The power...
by Michael Rozier, SJ | Oct 10, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 6 mins
I admit it. I was wrong. Last January, I predicted that the election would turn on the health care debate. Obamacare crystallizes the central questions between the two parties right now: Does government have a positive role in shaping society? Does the social...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Oct 10, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
When Eli Sagir showed her grandfather, Yosef Diamant, the new tattoo on her left forearm, he bent his head to kiss it. Mr. Diamant had the same tattoo, the number 157622, permanently inked on his own arm by the Nazis at Auschwitz. – from Jori Rudoren’s piece in the...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Oct 9, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
“That’s a crazy idea” I said aloud in an otherwise empty car. I was driving south along Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, en route for an overdue haircut, and was listening to an interview with Esad Boskailo and Julia Lieblich on the local NPR affiliate. The pair are...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Oct 9, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
It was just another day here in the Seattle University Jesuit community dining room. It was just another dinner. I think we had salmon to be exact; it is Seattle after all. And then, inexplicably, we had fortune cookies for dessert. Strike that. We had...
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Oct 8, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 8 mins
Ever catch yourself singing a song while having no clue what the words actually meant? This list is for you. Ever find yourself flying out of the house already ten minutes late only to realize you’ve forgotten something, turn around and yell: “Hey, can...
by Matthew Dunch, SJ | Oct 8, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Then when a little more I raised my brow, I spied the master of the sapient throng, Seated amid the philosophic train. Him all admire, all pay him reverence due. — Dante’s Divine Comedy, IV.127-130 (translated by Henry Cary) Dante’s homage to Aristotle must rank among...
by The Jesuit Post | Oct 7, 2012 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 1min
Faithful and funny? No, we’re not back to talking about the Cardinal and Colbert event again — TJP’s own Jake Martin has a new book out from Loyola Press, What’s So Funny About Faith?, recounting how he went from being a professional comedian to...
