When you think of a traditional comedy show, you might think of a single microphone, a spotlight, a cup of water, and a brick wall that a comedian stands in...
Pop culture
We lost so many beloved cultural figures in 2016 that the year might go down in history as the Year of Celebrity Death. The losses hit my generation hard. The...
If you are into metaphor, as I am, what happened after the ninth inning in the seventh game of the 2016 World Series in Cleveland was a “baptism”...
What’s old is new again, and in entertainment we’ve come full circle, back to where we started, gathered round the hearth to listen to old...
As a kid with three much older siblings, I was introduced to a wide variety of music at a young age. When I was 11 and my sister was 16, we spent a summer...
When I was a college freshman—at the time a liberal arts major—my creative writing instructor told us that the way to learn how to write stories was to read...
Baseball may be America’s pastime, but football is America’s game. And NFL football, with its Super Bowl, super-sized players, and super-sized profits...
A couple of years ago, Washington Post religion writer Michelle Boorstein wondered, “Is Jim Gaffigan technically employed by the Roman Catholic Church?” Her...
This essay appeared in the February 2000 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 65, No. 2, pages 18–21). I remember the day well. I stood with my classmates in the St...
Meet the many different portrayals of Jesus It’s not always easy for Catholics to develop a relationship with Jesus, as some try to mold the Son of God...
