Three and half decades ago a huckster with heavily-processed hair rose up and declared he would lead the nation into a new “morning in America.” Posing himself as a Washington…
the faces of “home grown” terror As I have written about elsewhere in these pages America is a country that is easily terrorized. Shortly after the events of 9/11 when…
The world knows that people were murdered at Paris cafés and other places this past weekend. Much has been said and written, and will be, about these horrific events, but I…
A COMEUPPANCE IN THE LAND OF HYPOCRISY I admit to having almost complete contempt for the American Southern states, especially the former confederate “slave states.” Not only were they…
The crucified Yeshua bar Yusef had no idea (unless, of course, he really was the resurrected son of God, in which case he would have known) that he would be…
Of all the untrustworthy candidates for the Republican presidential nomination – – and believe me there is not much to trust in any of them – –Blinky Ben Carson takes…
In a description I wrote of a character I created for my novel of coming of age Catholic, Stumbling Blocks & Stepping Stones, Nicola D’Annunzio, I characterized his…
WHATEVER IT TAKES For years I have been bitching in these pages—particularly as it has related to Right Wing ideology and its Republican practitioners—about the political behavior that upholds the…
A few years ago I was riding on the light rail system in Hong Kong’s New Territories. I was sitting in front of a bulkhead with a glass frame for…
President Obama’s one on one interview with Steve Croft of 60 Minutes last night (October 11, 2015) was notable on a couple of counts (at least to me).It deals with Mr.…