Author Archives: Jim Bowman

Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

Illinois bishop calls a cardinal heretical, says he has disqualified himself from voting in a papal enclave, argues with alarming consistency. Harbinger of very bad things? . . . ., Serious business here . . .

Illinois bishop calls a cardinal heretical, says he has disqualified himself from voting in a papal enclave, argues with alarming consistency. Harbinger of very bad things? . . . . (substack.com)

Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich on a mercy bender? Ignores the other side of Jesus. Two sides to the Savior, however . . . ,Jesus had much to say by way of conversation-stoppers. Would be imprudent to ignore them . . .

Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich on a mercy bender? Ignores the other side of Jesus. Two sides to the Savior, however . . . (substack.com)

Chicago Cardinal came a-cropper in welcoming all and sundry to Communion? Commentators find fault with him for ignoring the state-of-grace requirement . . ., Rewriting doctrine on the fly? . . .

https://jimbowman.substack.com/p/chicago-cardinal-came-a-cropper-in?sd=pf

Ran out of time? Not enough of it for what you want to do? It happens., But think about when there was no time at all.

https://jimbowman.substack.com/p/ran-out-of-time-not-enough-of-it?sd=pf

Today’s Communism a shadow of its former self. Leftism gone astray. Society’s offal its focus, Marx and Engels would say . . .,In fact, Marx and Engels did say.

https://jimbowman.substack.com/p/todays-communism-a-shadow-of-its?sd=pf

Franz Liszt to the barricades of youthful deprivation . . ., With what’s on another plane from what they are used to . . .

https://jimbowman.substack.com/p/franz-liszt-to-the-barricades-of?sd=pf

Jesuits in training, PHILOSOPHY, 1954–57 . . . . Handmaiden to theology, said Thomas Aquinas . . .

https://jimbowman.substack.com/p/jesuits-in-training-philosophy-195457

When the family invaded the biggest city on a junket to see one of the girls and threw in Swarthmore to see another . . .,April of ’97, my friends, when the city probably never looked better . . .

https://jimbowman.substack.com/p/when-the-family-invaded-the-biggest?sd=pf

The Paradox of the Misanthropic Naturalist Animal Lover. Deny God, devalue man, and end up bear scat.

https://open.substack.com/pub/williamfvallicella/p/the-paradox-of-the-misanthropic-naturalist?r=7gnir&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Four hundred years of Blaise Pascal, whose words ring today as true as ever vs. spiritual doubt, skepticism and atheism . . .,His birthday months away, it’s time to review his famous bet . . .

https://jimbowman.substack.com/p/four-hundred-years-of-blaise-pascal