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It was the best… Full of fun. Full of festivity. Full of friends, family, food and all sorts of just the right touches and treats in the creating of meaningful moments. It was my son’s 24th birthday — and a grand one at that. 24 years ago, we found out
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It is no secret that the Intramuralist has long appreciated the insight and influence of Bari Weiss, the articulate, incredibly witty, always fair, more-liberal-than-conservative, Jewish, lesbian journalist who left the New York Times because she wasn’t left enough for them. Bari is respectful and thought-provoking.
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I can’t imagine what it must be like to be the father. You hear of the tragedy. You hear of the gruesomeness. And then you see him. You see your own son and realize he is responsible. What in the world are you supposed to do with that? Your
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It’s hard to pay attention to the news for multiple reasons. Sometimes it’s just depressing. Often it’s so focused on the gross, sensational and insensitive. And the unfortunate reality is that we can’t fully trust all we read and hear. With the horrific assassination of Charlie
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It’s almost a 9/11 moment — not in comparison to the number of deaths, of course, but rather in how the shock and horror has gotten our attention. While one motivated-by-evil man may have wanted to silence Charlie Kirk and allow his influence to extend no further,
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I know of no more powerful word. I know, too, of none more profound. And I’m not sure it’s a word we really know very well. I mean, intellectually, perhaps, we think we comprehend it, but yet we keep crafting creative reasons why it isn’t necessary, isn’
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To say it’s been a hard few weeks is a gross understatement. The assassination of Charlie Kirk… The school shootings in Minnesota and Colorado… While we don’t all grieve the same, the heaviness of those horrific events cannot be missed. We feel it. It’s agonizing… disorienting. We
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There’s this great scene in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the second installment in The Hunger Games film series, in which Haymitch Abernathy, the experienced, older advisor to protagonist Katniss Everdeen, is coaching his protégé in how to survive the harrowing battle royale death match. Twenty-four “tributes” have
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When we sat down to dinner last night, my youngest son Josh, asked if he could be the one who prays… “God, thank you. Be with us. Be with all of your children. Be with all of us who are a child of God. Be with Charlie Kirk’s family.
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CB knew I rarely turned on my TV in the morn. I like the quiet. Gives me time to pause, pray, prep for the day… even have an added cup of coffee. But this day would be profoundly different. I don’t remember the coffee. “Hey, you need to turn
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This was not a slow news summer. When I think of the season’s biggest stories, I think of the conflicts between Ukraine and Russia and between Israel and Hamas and how sad it is that they continue. I think about the Epstein files and the “client list” dispute and
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It’s that time again. Millions around the world will soon all tune in together. It’s one of the most anticipated weekends of the year: the start of the NFL season! There’s just something about professional football (and college, too) that riles many of us up in a