Long before John and I became parents, we spent the holiday season traveling the Christmas train garden circuit. John is a toy train enthusiast, and so I know more about local train gardens than local cuisine, theater, or music.One of our favorite train displays, though, isn’t all that local, soRead More
Neither the National Football League nor the Federal Bureau of Investigation comes off particularly well in the fact-based drama “Concussion.”Read More
After claiming 2014 to be the worst year for religious persecution in China since the Cultural Revolution, observers in and outside the country say this year saw the situation deteriorate further.Read More
It started out well, as most brand-new years do.Rabbits came out of hats, and the homework did, too.There was Catholic Schools Week and we loved it, of course,Then at Chinese New Year said farewell to the HorseAs we welcomed the Goat (or the Sheep?), one with hooves,And our wild celebrationsRead More
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away—or even as recently as a week ago—I was not planning to take our children to see The Force Awakens.Our boys are 6 and 8 and the film sounded too intense. I mean, I can’t even mention werewolves at the kitchenRead More