My Dad and I Are Eating Our Way Through a List of Cheeses Mentioned in Monty Python’s Famous Sketch, “The Cheese Shop”

Apropos of nothing in particular, my father and I recently made a pact of sorts to attempt to try every single one of the cheese varieties mentioned in the script of “The Cheese Shop,” one of British comedy troupe Monty Python’s more famous sketches from its Flying Circus television show that aired on the BBC in the late 1960s and early 1970s. (Keep reading)

Let’s Try This Blogging Thing Again

I founded my website on this day, Constitution Day, in 2010, but I shuttered it four years ago when I went to law school. Now, I’m moving on to the next chapter of my professional life, so I’m going to try to write somewhat regularly again. (Keep reading)

John Cleese and Michael Palin Debate the Meaning and Impact of The Life of Brian with a Catholic Bishop and an Evangelical Journalist

A 1979 debate on a BBC program is well worth any Monty Python fan’s time, but, more broadly, it should also appeal to anyone who noodles over the tensions between the sacred and the profane. (Keep reading)