Archive - SDG’s Dailies & Sundays

Are there too many Jesus movies?

The proliferation of Jesus entertainment—and the problem with comfort-food depictions of Jesus

Oct 3 •

Shakespeare, the Bible, and Jesus’ death

[LONGREAD: “breathed his last” vs. “gave up the ghost” / “gave over his spirit”]

Oct 1 •

September 2025

Neither awake nor dreaming: Odd stirrings of the nodding brain

[Dadaist “sentences” from the twilight zone of consciousness]

Sep 25 •

Charlie Kirk quotes, Cardinal Dolan, and Saint Paul

[one Cardinal Dolan quote and a bunch of Charlie Kirk quotes]

Sep 22 •

All the world’s a panel: Cartoon Shakespeare

[nine Bard-themed comic strips from Ellis Rosen]

Sep 18 •

Cockroaches, Charlie Kirk, guns, and the Holy Cross

[Homily for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 2025]

Sep 14 •

Enigmas never age

[on Trump, Epstein, and circumstantial evidence]

Sep 9 •

Christianity as an interpretation of history

[LONGREAD: Judaism, Jesus, and the mouse that roared]

Sep 6 •

Can you give me one year?

[why I plan to literally never do this again, next year or any other]

Sep 3 •

For Labor Day: Catholic social teaching, labor, and movies

[excerpt from my entry in the Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy]

Sep 1 •

August 2025

On America’s gun problem

[some first principles]

Aug 28 •

Carlo Acutis: What a saint-to-be can tell us about our times

[Film review and director interview]

Aug 27 •

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