It’s Mission accomplished Day AND the opening of the GWB Library
As of today, this is the 511th post since I started this thing. If you want to download them all…it will take you some time… Speaking of time…I can hardly wait to visit the Geo. W, Bush More...
Larry Pratt seems to be aptly named
Larry Pratt, executive director of the far-right Gun Owners of America group, recently weighed in on the aftermath of last week’s bombing in Boston, claiming that liberals More...
Tonite, We Are Boston
This is a short reflection as I watched the video of the horrendous, inhuman act that took place in Boston on Patriot Day in that city. The horrific injuries captured by cameras More...
February 18, 2013-Monday, 1st Week in Lent
Plowshares Off and running! President’s Day, a nice efficient way to lump two of our presidents together, all in one holiday. All things considered I think two holidays More...
Look for the helpers. You’ll always find people who are helping.
While contemplating the depth and breath of the criminal act of yesterdays bombing and while quietly weeping over the deaths and the maimings it is difficult to find good stories, More...
March 18, 2013-Mon 5th Week of Lent
Deadly So what’s new? Well for one it’s Monday and for two Monday is almost over. That’s big news. Seems after Monday the rest of the week goes fast. I only More...
Sunday Morning after the Wedding of the Decade
The tent after the meal I am sitting in the back yard of Sarah and Andy’s house watching the sunrise. It’s going More...
Friday – The Week of the Wedding
Sarah and Andy Happy Valley, OR. (OK, I’m writing this early Saturday morning because I couldn’t More...
It’s Mission accomplished Day AND the opening of the GWB Library
As of today, this is the 511th post since I started this thing. If you want...
Remember when Congress used to represent those who elected them?
Yeah it wasn’t too long ago we had an election. The people, some waited in lines...
March 6, 2013-Wed. 3rd Week of Lent
So we’ve been sequestered. I was gearing up for a TSA meltdown at PDX yesterday, but...
The Convenient Constitution…only for US not them
Is it a dusty document or a living will left by the men who wrote More...
February 22, 2013- Fri 1st Week of Lent
Time for fairness The story of what happened to Jesus in the desert before he began his public ministry is a More...
February 15, 2013 – Friday after Ash Wednesday
Did I say Friday? Like the Friday before a long weekend? I did and I say it again…it’s FRIDAY (using all..Home Stretch
Have you ever donated to the Obama campaign? I have and they know exactly how much I have donated…since 2008! How..What Happened to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
He came to America when he was about nine years old and something happened to him over those years. Larry Aaronson More...
Republicans have gone around the bend
(From the Balcony) This is 2013 not 1813 or even 1985. One would think that common sense would be the rule,..Posing for Eternity- Pictures Speak!
(THE BALCONY) “Smile…say…cheeeeeze!” That’s what we say to the people in front of the camera just before we “click” it and..Reflections on some Relics
For the past two weeks I have been wandering around ruins and basilicas. The glory that once was the empire of..
Little School in the Desert
For the last segment of my three part video, I am addressing the topic of what makes a Jesuit school, Jesuit..
Easter Sunday 2012
The reading from today says it all. Remember it was a woman who broke the news. On the first day of..
March 31, 2013-Easter!!
Exsultet Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels! Exult, all creation around God’s throne! Jesus Christ, our King, is risen!..




























