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“Step in the Bullpen,” or Incarceration and Dehumanization
Joe Assadourian’s “The Bullpen” is less a “mock trial” than a mockery of a trial. Dan Dixon writes on the drama in our broken court systems.
Because Mom: Meeting God Again for the First Time
In his TJP debut, Damian Torres-Botello, SJ remembers receiving a difficult phone call and a compassionate friend one late night on the streets of Chicago.
Funny How?
Fallon is “like the class clown who is afraid to raise his hand and answer a question correctly in class for fear of failure… even though we know he can and should.”
My love/hate relationship with TV
Brian Strassburger takes a look at popular TV shows and whether he can keep watching them.
14 (Other) Ways to Show Love on St. Valentine’s Day
Joe Simmons, SJ offers 14 ways to show the people in our lives love on Valentine’s Day — or any day.
Canonizing History
Ken Homan explores what canonizging a controversial saint-to-be means for how we think about the past
Too Much Telephone
Moment has arrived, an app that counts the minutes Garrett Gundlach SJ spends on his iPhone. Uh-oh.
Commercials with a Conscience? What Super Bowl Ads Say About Us
Joe Simmons considers the serious tone of many 2015 Super Bowl commercials, and what they might be saying about our own desires.
Putting Celebrities – and Saints – on Pedestals
Cyril Pinchak debuts on TJP with a thoughtful consideration of why we love to put celebrities – and saints – on pedestals.