God’s Marines

“From the very beginnings, Jesuit education has been characterized by a number of different qualities: We have a great emphasis on care for the individual student; We have a great desire to introduce excellence and rigor into the classroom and every subject we teach; Third, we believe that students have to be invited to wrestle [...]

Ignorance is Bliss

I don’t actually think that ignorance is bliss. In fact, I usually am firmly in the opposite camp: more knowledge, I say! As a society, culture or country, we tend to think of knowledge and intelligence as a good thing. Information is out there in the world and it’s our job to go out there [...]

Like Father, Like Daughter

When I was younger, from time to time, people would comment, “oh, you look just like your mother.” And I would, of course, frown, because I did not want to look like my mother, lovely though she was and is. I wanted to look like me. As a child, I really disliked any comparison to [...]