Journalist – Historian – Speaker
The day Pope Francis was elected, I got an email from local news asking me to be on a panel to discuss the new papacy. I demurred. First, I’m not really an expert on twenty-first century Catholicism. Oh, I know the macro just fine, but I don’t have the whole cast of characters memorized. On …
How is a daddy supposed to deal with Disney? My daughter, who is not quite 5, sings “Let it Go” at me approximately eight thousand times a day. What she lacks in intonation she more than makes up with the verve and gusto with which she goes after the song, not to mention the slamming …
Last week it came out that Chili’s was planning a charitable giveaway, today, to a group that supports the link between autism and vaccines. I wrote an op-ed about this and had it ready to roll out with CNN Opinion (pending some global news story cropping up) when Chili’s announced that they were changing their …
Today’s post is self-indulgent. It was one year ago today that I began thinking of myself as a public writer. Also please read this essay. It’s one of my favorites, as events over-ran it so it got very little play. I had written a few op-eds before. About the Crusades in contemporary political conversation and about the language …
I have a new essay up on CNN about a case in Georgia in which a woman with Down syndrome was allegedly raped, a jury convicted the rapist, and the judge overturned the conviction. The essay focuses on rape culture over disability, but in the next few days I’ll talk more about the disability aspect, …