BY MICHAEL HURLEY One of the unexpected gifts of ageing is time. Just when I have so much less of it, I seem to have so much more of it. Time to think. Time to relax. Time to pray. One of the best uses of my leisure, since I jilted that jealous mistress known as the practice of law, has been reading. I revel in … Continue reading Dostoevsky’s Dream
BY MICHAEL HURLEY The American independent presidential hopeful, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., posted a brilliant rebuttal to President Biden’s recent State of the Union Speech. You can watch it below: A rarity among political videos, it’s honest, compelling, and well worth your time. But I found myself watching it with sadness and remorse for reasons I felt compelled to explain in the comment, below: Mr. … Continue reading Bobby, We Hardly Knew Ye
BY MICHAEL HURLEY When I came to Europe from the United States in 2015 to walk the Camino (the 500-mile ancient pilgrimage through northern Spain), I had the good fortune to fall in with a genial group of Brits. I was planning to visit the UK after my pilgrimage to finish a novel and explore the world left behind by my grandfather. He was born … Continue reading Land of Fear and Loathing
BY CSM STAFF WRITER Michael Hurley watched his world unravel in the wake of infidelity, divorce and failure. In August 2009, he was short of money, out of a job, and seeking to salvage a life that had foundered. Deeply in need of perspective, he took to the open seas in a 32-foot sailboat, Gypsy Moon. The story of his 2-year outward odyssey, deterred by … Continue reading Atlantic Sailor on Fear, Loneliness & Despair
BY MICHAEL HURLEY As a small part of the world is vaguely aware, the Catholic Church is preparing for a “synod” (a fancy term for a meeting of bishops), amorphously called the “Synod on Synodality.” Since the publication in June of Instrumentum Laboris, the working document for the first session of the synod coming this October, the perennial grumbling within the Catholic commentariat has reached … Continue reading It’s Time We Stopped Judging the Divorced & Remarried
