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Marie Glancy O’Shea is a freelance writer and editor who has covered travel, culture and finance for publications in the United States and Europe, including The Columbia Journalism Review, CNN.com, and The Sunday Times.

‘Pieta (after Delacroix),’ by Vincent van Gogh (1889)
Arts & CultureIdeas
Marie Glancy O’Shea
Looking at the Van Goghs we see a few parallels with the Holy Family, who knew humiliation and repudiation.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Marie Glancy O’Shea
“The Paradoxical Commandments” peal out a truth that no one wants to hear: Doing right is its own reward. And it was formulated by, of all people, a teenager.
Photo from ‘The White Lotus’ courtesy of HBO
Arts & CultureIdeas
Marie Glancy O’Shea
Some of the most buzzed-about shows of the past five years invite us to wallow in the foibles and frustrations of high-net-worth characters.
Arts & CultureTelevision
Marie Glancy O’Shea
For three seasons, ‘Ted Lasso’ has offered a potent vision of a better human condition.
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Arts & CultureFilm
Marie Glancy O’Shea
In an inversion of the typical Yuletide tale, characters who have much less than the McCallisters generously provide them with assistance.
Arts & CultureTelevision
Marie Glancy O’Shea
Both the heroes and villains of “Ted Lasso” remain quite ordinary. And it is the show’s portrayal of that daily reckoning with good and evil, those small temptations, that make it easy to relate to.
FaithFaith in Focus
Marie Glancy O’Shea
Our democracy demands that we refrain from using party politics as a stand-in for unshakable creeds. Rather, we must practice and honor dissent.