Reading this scene by Jane Austen, whose birthday is Dec. 16, our heads are filled with good things to remember, thoughts that dance in our holiday imaginations.
By Colleen Sheehan
Elizabeth Steele: Philadelphia and Jane Austen, making a connection
Perhaps with her aunt’s story in mind, Austen, whose birthday is Dec. 16, wrote endings for young women of little fortune but great courage.
By Elizabeth Steele
Elizabeth-Jane McGuire: The ‘Yes’ of Mr. Rogers
I had gone into the movie hoping to be entertained, but what I got was a dose of spiritual direction.
By Elizabeth-Jane McGuire
Art Carey: When Mister Rogers was my neighbor — and my friend
He was a prodigious, patient listener, an outstanding anomaly in this age when so many seem uninterested in hearing what others have to say.
By Art Carey
Bob Martin: Monty Python at 50: Timeless, too silly and still completely different
The irony, the delicious incongruities and the sheer humor have kept me in stitches for a half-century. And so many of the sketches are a history and literature lesson woven into comedy.
By Bob Martin
Chris Tremoglie: We can celebrate indigenous people without dissing Columbus
Judging Columbus through the eyes of 21st-century social justice advocates is unfair. Judging him in the context of the 15th century is more honest.
By Chris Tremoglie
Art Carey: Lamenting social media, a land of vapid content fueling an orgy of narcissism
Social media exalts the slapdash and careless, the vulgar and profane. There’s no room or respect for deliberation and eloquence.
By Art Carey
Steven McGuire: Archbishop Chaput has led Philly archdiocese by truth, faith and example
During these difficult times of change, Catholics have been able to count on Archbishop Chaput as a model of holiness and stability.
By Steven F. McGuire