Posted on 10 March 2010
According to the legendary ancient Greek epic poet Homer, during the ten-year siege of Troy, the Greeks plotted to invade their enemies by leaving a giant wooden horse at the gates of Troy. This “gift horse” was carefully timed to coincide with what appeared to be a recession of the Greek fleet. Assuming that the [...]
Tags: ACLU, Big Brother, George Orwell, invasion of privacy, right to privacy, Trojan Horse
Posted on 08 March 2010
America’s plate is heaped high with terrifying unemployment rates, the issue of national healthcare, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. If this not enough to give us indigestion and worse, we were informed this past week that a portion of the nation would not be able to view The Oscars. The tug-of-war between ABC [...]
Tags: ABC, Academy Awards, Cablevision, Disney, Hollywood, Oscars
Posted on 01 March 2010
To the average American, the passing of Robert L. Howard went unnoticed but for the family and friends who survived him. Yet, one of the most decorated soldiers of the Vietnam War compelled the news media to devote a brief commentary to him. So, who was this man?
Born on July 11, 1939, at the age [...]
Tags: American hero, Arlington National Cemetery, Medal of Honor, Robert L. Howard, Robert Lewis Howard, Vietnam
Posted on 21 February 2010
In the James Hilton novel, Lost Horizon, the High Lama reveals to his predecessor that a great storm is coming to engulf the world. At the storm’s conclusion, the treasures of Shangri-La (heaven-on-Earth) were promised to emerge, thereby restoring a ravaged world. In his prognostications, the spiritual leader also echoed Jesus Christ in predicting that [...]
Tags: entitlements, FDR, fiscal mismanagement, Great Depression, taxes
Posted on 19 February 2010
In December of 1995, my brother Anthony and his fiancé Palma asked me to be the best man at their wedding. As Anthony had lost his first wife in July of the previous year, this was to be his second marriage.
A meeting was arranged for Palma’s family and ours, at the home of Robert, Anthony’s son; [...]
Tags: Saint Theresa, St. Theresa, The Little Flower
Posted on 17 February 2010
New Orleans has its Mardi Gras, replete with the famous beads tossed from balconies and colorful floats denoting no less than twenty different parades devoted to the day, but Italy has its Carnevale. Heralding the beginning of the Lenten season that ushers in Easter, it is the biggest and most celebrated festival of the year [...]
Tags: Carnevale, Carnevale di Venezia, Carnevale festivals, Carnevale Venice, Carnival of Venice, Mardi Gras
Posted on 15 February 2010
As we search desperately for leadership in this rapidly changing, rather daunting world, what kind of a person must we seek? What job description must we write for such a position? As one who loves his country fiercely, I believe that most of us would consider a true patriot a leader. The term “patriot” conveys [...]
Tags: Band of Brothers, Iwo Jima, John Basilone, Manila John, Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, Sergeant John Basilone
Posted on 12 February 2010
In my previous article entitled, Gas Pains, I explored the gasoline crisis affecting our nation, as well as our government’s inane responses to solving the problem. Although the United States boasts the largest supply of natural gas the world over, The Powers That Be still insist that we import the bulk of it from foreign [...]
Tags: alternative energy, natural gas
Posted on 11 February 2010
As we approach springtime, which heralds Easter, one date in February appears prominent on the Roman Catholic calendar. That date is February 14th, known far and wide as Saint Valentine’s Day. As the patron saint of love, youth, and happy marriages, we dedicate this day to those we love. We honor them with bouquets of [...]
Tags: Holy Matrimony, Pope Gelasius I, Saint Valentine, Saint Valentine's Day, Valentinius
Posted on 07 February 2010
In 1948, Communism and Socialism were on the rise in various parts of the world, and Americans were concerned about the spread of such political philosophies to our own shores. The following cartoon, shown as a short subject in movie theaters at that time, exemplifies values still held by the majority of Americans. Can you imagine any [...]