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I first became aware of the art of Robert Lentz when his small icons began appearing on my wife’s devotional shelf. Lentz, a Franciscan friar in New Mexico, has painted icons of hundreds of bona fide saints. But the Lentz … Continue reading →

Port Chester, February 21, 2018 – I never did buy the claim that Billy Graham became famous because William Randolph Hearst wanted to sell papers during his 1949 Los Angeles crusade and wired his editors to “Puff Graham.” Granted, even … Continue reading →

It was snowing steadily last night and I fell asleep thinking I would have to get up in a few hours to shovel the sidewalk. The meme above must have been the last thing I saw on Facebook before I … Continue reading →

Seventeen children and adults killed with a semi-automatic rifle in Florida by a 19-year-old with impulse control issues. The eighteenth time guns were discharged in a school so far in 2018. God damn it. Senators and representatives owned by the NRA, … Continue reading →

Who Loves a Parade? Certainly not the GI’s forced to march in one. The current commander-in-chief – Cadet Bone Spurs as he has been aptly dubbed by Senator Tammy Duckworth, a bona fide war hero – has no way of … Continue reading →

“To most people, a veteran was a veteran – all were the same, whether one man had survived the deadliest combat or another had pounded a typewriter while in uniform.” – Eugene Sledge, World War II hero featured in the HBO … Continue reading →

By Philip E. Jenks January 7, 2018 – Less than a week into his term as Westchester, N.Y., County Executive, George Latimer issued an executive order banning gun shows in government buildings in the county. Almost immediately one of Latimer’s … Continue reading →

January 1, 2018. New Year’s Day is a time of reminiscing and I came across this December 2009 essay in my blogs. It tells the story of a happy experience in the White House in 1996. The Divine M and … Continue reading →

The debauchery arc of the universe is long, and it bends toward boys. At least in our dreams. Even Jimmy Carter said he lusted in his heart, but the only surprise there is that Fox News never found out with … Continue reading →

It has been fifty years since President Lyndon Johnson figured out a safe way to fire Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara. According to Fredrik Logevall’s recent article in the New York Times, McNamara woke up on November 29, 1967 … Continue reading →