Review: “Marriage Story”

Review: “Marriage Story”

“Criminal lawyers see bad people at their best. Divorce lawyers see good people at their worst.”  Alongside this memorable pronouncement from “Marriage Story,” I want to append St. Ignatius of Loyola’s observation that desolation, more than just a feeling, is a...
Sarcasm Part 3: On Etymology and Jesuit Romanticism

Sarcasm Part 3: On Etymology and Jesuit Romanticism

Teaching in a high school as I do, maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised at finding myself utterly unable to get any distance from sarcasm these past few days.  Being unable to run from sarcasm, I decided to imitate Nietzsche (that great educator of Christians) and do...