Assange by Andrew Wimmer
There are several journalists worth reading in order to understand what is happening with Julian Assange and what is at stake. I’d suggest, too, that you avoid all media coverage, at least until you have…
Author: Mark J. Chmiel
Five Poems, Five Passages
Ezra Pound and Marcella Spann, ed. From Confucius to Cummings: An Anthology of Poetry New Directions, 1964 Guido Calvacanti, Sonnet 7 Saint Teresa d’Avila, Bookmark Elizabeth I, When I Was Fair and Young William Butler…
Finding One’s Lost Mind
Julia Ching, The Philosophical Letters of Wang Yang-ming University of South Carolina Press, 1972 I previously studied with delight Julia Ching’s To Acquire Wisdom: The Way of Wang Yang-ming. Wang was the towering philosophical figure…
Share the Wealth with J’Ann Allen–Entrusted with Poetry: From the Land of the Morning Calm
Sometime in early January I pulled out my collection of Korean poetry in translation and began reading, skimming is a more accurate description. Our granddaughter Michelle, three-fourths Korean, told me she wanted to take a…
Share the Wealth Sunday 31 March: Three Vietnamese Voices
In 2012 President Barack Obama In 2012 President Barack Obama signed on to a Congressionally approved on-going 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, for each year of the war’s duration. We are currently commemorating 1969….
Share the Wealth Sunday 31 March: Three Vietnamese Voices
In 2012 President Barack Obama In 2012 President Barack Obama signed on to a Congressionally approved on-going 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, for each year of the war’s duration. We are currently commemorating 1969….
Share the Wealth with Andrew Wimmer: “Where Can I Invest My Life?”
As a young graduate student, I had the good fortune to be exposed to the thinking of Bernard Lonergan. Lonergan, who died in the mid-eighties, was a Canadian Jesuit philosopher and theologian. Many of my…
Seventeen Quotations from Glenn Gould in Kevin Bazzana’s Wondrous Strange
“Dying was a great career move for him.” —Kevin Bazzana, Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould “I gather my inner resources from the outdoors.” “Behind every silver lining there’s a…
Twenty-Eight Cullings on Glenn Gould from Kevin Bazzana’s Wondrous Strange–The Life and Art of Glenn Gould
I believe in God—Bach’s God. Glenn Gould Stayed out of the public eye, maintained his presence through a conspicuous absence. 9 Gould’s personality has certainly fueled his posthumous appeal. His eccentricity made him fascinating,…
The Spirituality of Photography by Cami Kasmerchak
Cami gave me permission to share this essay. I remember first becoming interested in photography a little over 10 years ago. At first, photography was simply a way to capture moments of family and friends,…