This morning I read that a Harvard-based expert in epidemiology and public health has described the pandemic in its current state as neither a surge nor a wave but a…
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By now, many of you will have heard that the well-known lay Catholic composer David Haas has been accused of predatory sexual behavior involving adult women. Some of these allegations…
Here, for your consideration, is my homily for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Some of you know that I went to law school in North Carolina. I’m grateful for…
Earlier this morning I went up by the still-shuttered Carla Madison Recreation Center to turn in my ballot – you know, over there by East High School and the Tattered…
So how are you managing these days? Myself, occasionally, struggling a bit. It has to do with a number of things. Depends on the day, really. Today struggling a bit…
My father was from Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He was 27 when I was born, which was around the same time his parents and my aunt and uncle and cousins all moved…
For a hot and distressing Tuesday, let’s review our prepositions. As the name would suggest, a preposition is a word that is placed (position) before (pre) another word. So, in…
I’ve always wanted to be able to use redux (which, as I learned not long ago, means brought back) in something I’ve written. Now my dream has come true. I’ve…
There is no religion higher than Truth and Righteousness. Mahatma Gandhi As every schoolchild knows, a religion is a system of faith and worship. Religions are “true” to the…
The reference, as every schoolchild knows, is from Edward de Vere’s Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Act I, Scene V: “Murder most foul, as in the best it is.” The speaker is the…
