Recent Entries
How Soccer Explains the World
How Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer is an intriguing look into the society which we find ourselves living in today. Through the globe's ne... read more
An Irish-american Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is an American tradition, the gathering of family, the drama that ensues, the gorging of delicious food, that unique holiday feeling that... read more
Death & Growing Up
Many American children learn and experience death through the mourning of the family pet, or maybe even a grandparent. Death is a shattering notion s... read more
The Conflict
Growing up as an Irish American I have always been aware of the conflict in Northern Ireland. The conflict in Northern Ireland is complex and intense... read more
The Conflict
Growing up as an Irish American I have always been aware of the conflict in Northern Ireland. The conflict in Northern Ireland is complex and intense... read more
Female Empowerment
Horror and outrage. How dare women be treated as lower class citizens, beneath their husbands, no voice, no freedom of sexualities. These are the th... read more
A Silent Day
That silence, that gut-dropping astounding silence is something that I know I will never forget. A crowded, loud, and hectic high school hallway turn... read more
The Power of Rumi
It is my belief that Rumi is to be experienced through the act of reading his poetry out loud and experiencing in entirety everything each line has to... read more
Happily Surprised
I'll admit that at first I was skeptical about Joe Sacco, unsure as to my feelings about reading cartoons for a college-level English class. I was ha... read more
