My birthday and Father’s Day falls in the same month and during that time this year, my family got me a present that moved me back in time: Tickets to see The Beach Boys in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on October 14. My daughter, Reagan, accompanied me to Alabama for the concert (my wife doesn’t share the en...

Purge: the removal of elements or members regarded as undesirable and especially as treacherous or disloyal. This article will discuss two of the most infamous purges in recent history, the purge of China by Mao Zedong and the purge of Russia by Joseph Stalin. Next week, I will show how these two ho...

You know things are not going good when you try to offer some wisdom and historical facts to your sons and they think you are going off the deep end and start talking about dividing up your belongings. Three of my sons – Glen, Craig and Scott – were having lunch with me on a recent Wednesday morning...

Neymar Marango, a young 15 year old boy from Panama has the right to feel sorry for himself. Born with a defect in his right leg that eventually requ...

The country is in such a shape that I can hardly wrap my head around all the horrors being perpetrated upon our citizenry. There is no category in our...

My editorial last week addressed the fact that I (along with many others in our parish) am growing old. As I reflected more on this, I began to realiz...