Why do adults become Catholics? There are as many reasons for “converting” as there are converts. Evelyn Waugh became a Catholic with, by his own admission, “little emotion but clear conviction”: this was the truth; one ought to adhere to it. Cardinal Av

Kenneth Lonergan's wonderful "Margaret" gets its title not from a character, but from a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, read aloud by a character in the movie. Called "Spring and Fall," it is addressed to a child — Margaret — weeping over the change of se

A coming-of-age tale infused with post-9/11 anxiety, features Anna Paquin as Lisa, a 17-year-old whose role in a fatal Upper West Side bus accident leads her to act out sexually, antagonize her self-absorbed single mom and obsessively pursue retribution

U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) (Credit: CBS) WASHINGTON (CBS) — U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) read a speech on the House floor Tuesday, honoring 93XRT for its upcoming 40th anniversary, and Lin Brehmer for 20 years on the air at the station. “With so

Kenneth Lonergan (right) directs Matt Damon and Anna Paquin on the set of "Margaret." Some years back a young Kenneth Lonergan visited Italy, his first trip to a country where English wasn't the predominant language. He experienced a powerful bit of self

That last post reminded me of one of my favorite poems, Gerard Manley Hopkins' "Peace":WHEN will you ever, Peace, wild wooddove, shy wings shut, Your round me roaming end, and under be my boughs? When, when, Peace, will you, Peace? I’ll not play hypocr