06May

Boomers, Rebels, and the Composite Model

May 6, 2025 Rico McCahon

Generational Formation through Mimetic Lenses We do not inherit desire directly—we inherit models of desire. We watch, absorb, imitate. And...

01May

My Parents, My Enemies: Generational Conflict and the Pain of Inherited Models

May 1, 2025 Rico McCahon

Why does it so often feel like our deepest wounds come from the people who loved us first? And why—when...

17Oct

October 17, 2022 Randy Coleman-Riese

In Bob Dylan’s recently published book, The Philosophy of Modern Song, Dylan provides his unique perspective on an eclectic selection...

21Feb

February 21, 2021 Randy Coleman-Riese

In a recently highlighted post by Alana Newhouse on the Tablet website entitled Everything Is Broken the author generalizes from...

18Feb

February 18, 2020 Gil Bailie

“The appeal to tradition is not a mere remembrance of the past; it involves rather the recognition of a cultural...

18Apr

April 18, 2019 Gil Bailie

The Rule The oil for extreme unction must be blessed On Maundy Thursday, so the rule has ruled, And by...

11Aug

August 11, 2018 Randy Coleman-Riese

Here in California it looks like we are in for another difficult and dangerous fire season. The skies are again...

15Sep

September 15, 2017 Randy Coleman-Riese

The school year has begun and many high school and college students are beginning the study of calculus – the...

11May

May 11, 2017 Gil Bailie

The word “tradition” and the word “treason” come from the same root. The very name “modernity” self-consciously used to describe...

02Mar

March 2, 2017 Randy Coleman-Riese

The website The Catholic Thing has published a Lenten reflection by Gil Bailie entitled, The Multiplication Table. It is a...