Of Angels, A Stranger, and an Absent Father

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“Though we share so many secrets, there are some we never tell.” William Martin (Billy) Joel

He called it “The Stranger” and titled a 1977 masterpiece after it.   In my business we sometimes refer to it as the “third persona” with a nod to Jungian psychology.  A persona is simply a mask, the figurative one we [...]

The Seebergs Gain Ground- Thank God

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Elizabeth “Lizzy” Seeberg passed to the next life on September 10, 2010, a little more than a year ago. I did not know her. Readers of this space, however, know that I was profoundly touched by her life, her death, her courage, and finally the courage of her parents as 9/10/10, for them, bled brutally [...]

Casey Anthony, and Where to Put Your Anger

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A terrific character actor named Daniel Benzali once scored a role on NYPD Blue (it led to an OJ-inspired 90’s TV series) where he played a marquis defense attorney with a shady reputation. When dispatched to help a cop charged with murder, the client initially rejects him, stating that she wants no part of an [...]

Necessary Conversations, But Stubborn Questions

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My hat is off to Shea Streeter, the Notre Dame senior who took it upon herself last week in a letter to the Observer, an independent college newspaper serving both ND and St. Mary’s, to address campus sexual assault.  And not just generally, but her own victimization, which happened twice.  Ms. Streeter was reacting to [...]

The Baby Ad: Myth, Reality, and Danger in Prevention

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They call themselves Men’s Rights Advocates, or MRA’s.  I’ve aimed a fair amount of criticism their way over the years as paranoid-sounding myth perpetrators, which I believe many of them to be.  So I was surprised when I found myself agreeing with them- marginally- on an anti-rape video produced by a Midwestern rape crisis and [...]