Of Other Things

"Moonlight" is a heartbreaking meditation on suffering and the boundless ache for connection.

The detainees don’t often get asked for their prayers.

The last year has been a difficult one indeed, particularly for those who are in any way concerned about political life in the United States. As I write this column, the election has not yet taken place, though we are close to Election Day and early voting is already underway in many parts of the co

In a midtown subway station four silent women, bent over their smartphones, texted or read while an unconscious ragged man sprawled helpless at their feet. I checked to see if he was dead.

Helpless Catholic that I am, I have a confession to make. I am a Bruce Springsteen devotee.

The genius of A.A. is that it is a proto-religious fellowship in which people in desperate need somehow rediscover the fire of a foundational miracle.