The Gun as Myth, Symbol and Archetype

Within days after the murder of the children and teachers at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, CT, almost two years ago, the NRA was at the barricades pushing for teachers to be armed, repeating a familiar dialectic that seems to greet every mass…

The Vatican’s Doctrine of Discovery

I am enjoying the sultry summer political circus as much as any naturalized American citizen who served in the Navy for four years and never fudged on his taxes. In fact, I have begun working to overturn Section 1, Article Two, of the United States Constitution which…

My Ex-husband is Here ~ and The Saving Grace

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An Early Morning Encounter

I’d just piled two large boxes of groceries into the car trunk outside of the store, the dog was bouncing for snacks, breakfast and a first cup of tea was waiting at home.

Backing out of my parking spot, I noticed to my right an older woman sitting in a…

Night of Broken Crystal — Update

Burn books and houses first, then the bodies

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Lohmeyer,

I read of the neo-nazi hoodlums in Germany burning down your barn recently on the BBC. I want to express my strong…

Chanting the Feminine Down

I have read that Pope Francis intends to invite Oprah Winfrey and other media experts to the Vatican this fall to suggest ways of improving the Church’s relationship with the American people. Given the 2000-year absence of women in the church hierarchy, I trust the Holy Father will…

Strange bird

In this quest for finding meaning from words left behind by the foundations of our culture, today I opened the dictionary and the…

The Man Who Wore Peas on his Head

It’s Sunday, Sunday, and I’m listening to a Swedish version of “Monday, Monday,” a fifty-year-old gift from the Mamas and the Papas, our parents’ favorite couple. I am not sure whether I am hearing a linguistic twerking, a paean about the industrial West, or a reminder…