Looking ahead to the new year in those final weeks of 2024, I found myself laying the groundwork for what became something of a family social experiment. With...
Author - Don Clemmer
My grandma would have been 99 in September. She made it to April 22, outliving Pope Francis by one day. She was never his biggest fan. The arc of Grandma’s...
Since first grade, my daughter’s best friend has been a boy. They share what Dr. Seuss called “compatible weirdness”—cracking each other up with drawings or...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kirby Hoberg noticed that her pastor began to give, in her words, “a lot of strange homilies.” These included “homilies that...
The election of Cardinal Robert Prevost, O.S.A. as Pope Leo XIV represents a profound milestone in the life of the Catholic Church, with a U.S.-born prelate...
Papabile, n., pl. papabili: Colloquial term coined by Italian media to reference a cardinal or other official of the Catholic Church who could potentially be...
We’ve made at least one great cultural advancement in recent years when it comes to the holidays: We’ve become aware that for many people, this time of year is...
Butch Patrick, who portrayed Eddie, the son in a literal family of monsters on the 1960s sitcom The Munsters, recently made a public appearance at a horror...
My wife recently purchased a new T-shirt: black, sleeveless, and adorned with a punk rock cartoon vampire in a nod to one of her favorite shows. When it...
