This summer I got a new favorite song – Bob Dylan’s Chimes of Freedom. It’s not a new song; it dates from the early 1960s. It remained entirely unknown to me until a few months back at Madison Square Garden, where Bruce Springsteen used it as…
Kraków, Poland – Poland is a nation that has endured by memory, a land therefore where anniversaries are marked with extra care. It’s where I learned how to observe anniversaries as a means of keeping vital the lessons of history. The…
In the early days of July 1826, Thomas Jefferson “marshalled his will toward the realization of one last mission: He wanted to survive until the Fourth of July.” So writes Jon Meacham in his marvelous biography Thomas Jefferson: The Art of…
The Cardinals attending the extraordinary consistory in Rome will depart today, just as the customary delegation from the Patriarchate of Constantinople arrives for the solemn feast of Peter and Paul. It’s an annual fraternal custom. A…
A Good Friday death – even for a Catholic giant of the last fifty years – meant that less attention was paid than deserved. On the other hand, it was fitting for the author of Patì sotto Ponzio Pilato? – Did He Suffer under Pontius Pilate? …
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