Free Speech
On this day of Independence, I try to savor my favorite freedoms: Americans travel between the states sans papers and we can congregate to our heart’s content (except on USAirways flights). Of late… Continue reading
Category Archive: Personal Blog
Independence Day
When I was a kid, my parents and I would always vacation in a New Jersey seaside town called Long Beach Island. My grandma owned a small condo right by the beach, offering… Continue reading
Mourn on the 4th of July
So today is Independence Day, the day of our country’s liberation from a tyrannical ruler. In some ways many things have changed, in other ways not that much has changed. To be frank… Continue reading
Hope Lingers
We were brainstorming about Hope today and I wonder where my own hope comes from. As a child I was not raised to practice a religion, no prayers before bed or candles to… Continue reading
Midnight hope ride
When asked to brainstorm over hope, I had one immediate thought: passive. I thought more on how hope can be passive and what that means for those that literally need hope. Just so… Continue reading
The Hope of Education
As I sit here in Northern Ireland with a group of students exploring theater, history, culture and ideas, I am struck by the fact that these students have taken a giant leap of… Continue reading
Faith and Minnie Powell
At the end of “Shadow of a Gunman”, Minnie Powell, the love interest and neighbor of Donal Davoren, does something pretty crazy- the Black and Tans raid their tenament, and she takes a… Continue reading
Character roles and archetypes in O’Casey’s Shadow of a Gunman
The character(s) I find myself interested in exploring is actually a pair – Mrs. Henderson and Mr. Gallogher. The two of them are really working together in their little part of the plot.… Continue reading
Hope Sinks
Hope is something that I’ve never really thought much about. According to Wikipedia, the most reliable of sources, hope is “the emotional state which promotes the belief in a positive outcome related to… Continue reading
Dancing in the Streets
I hope that more people dance in the streets. Dance, friends, every day! It feels great.