April 18, 2019

The symbolism of Notre Dame

It may not be an exaggeration to say millions of people around the world awoke with the same thought: what survived the fire at Notre Dame?  Many of us went to bed knowing that the damage to the ancient cathedral was not as bad as feared as...

February 28, 2019

Chinese Sex Slaves: The Forgotten Immigrants

Martin County, Florida, sheriff William Snyder increasingly resembles Casablanca’s Captain Louis Renault who expressed “shock” that there was gambling at Rick’s Café Americain. We know the reason for the fictional genda...

October 30, 2018

PC police making Halloween really scary

The End of Summer is upon us. No, not Labor Day, the official end of summer, but Halloween, the day kids of all ages instinctively know to be the date that signals the arrival of autumn with winter fast upon its heels. Kids know that summer should go...

October 17, 2018

Hate and the religion of politics

A woman I know frequently tells me that many of the posts she sees on her Facebook page come from people who do not have a religious foundation or simply do not believe in God.  Politics is their religion, she says, and like all religious z...

October 9, 2018

The Holy See's blindness

Politics and sex.  There was a time when some of us "seasoned" individuals believed that you could not get enough of either.  Sadly, that is not the case lately.  Politics and sex; sex and politics.  ...

October 4, 2018

MSM shock bombshell: Trump is rich

The New York Times deserves a Laurel and Hardy handshake for its 18-month investigation that led to a "bombshell" story (in the words of many breathless broadcast reporters) about the finances of President Donald Trump and his family. ...

September 26, 2018

A tawdry, disgusting, and distasteful week

As the Grateful Dead said, what a long, strange trip it's been.  And dude, the week is only half-over.  I mean, like, there it was: the headline declaring that Bill Cosby, Mr. Jell-O Pudding, America's Dad, will spend the ne...

September 17, 2018

Shooting holes in agenda journalism

Lots of folks like to throw around the term “fake news” to describe stories they do not like or stories that are, well, fake. I prefer the term “agenda journalism” because it does not make a judgment on the veracity of the rep...

August 23, 2018

A New School Year of Reading, Writing, and Crimes against Students

Students across the country are beginning the school year with enhanced security to prevent on-campus shootings, but school boards are not providing the same level of protection against the most prevalent crime against students: sexual assault by sch...