Going through my Mom’s papers, I found this travelogue from a trip that she and my Dad took in 1987. 9/12/87 – First day – Montreal Canada. Tommy drove us to plane – uneventful trip – cloudy then rainy. Fancy hotel – Sheraton Centre in Montreal – went to a French mass – long – Read more

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.Ralph Waldo Emerson When I was eighteen, I left my parents’ home in Cherry Hill, NJ and moved into a dorm in Sparkill, NY, on the campus of St. Thomas Aquinas College. I threw in my lot with Read more

America is in rough shape. Not financially, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 40,000 for the first time last week, and unemployment is the lowest it’s been in more than half a century. Crime is down and income inequality recently decreased for the first time in more than 15 years. We are in rough Read more

The first sound is silenceThe first color is clearThe first possession is emptinessThe first destination is hereI was alone with everybodyI was surrounded by myselfI was awake in the deepest dreamI was asleep when I was alertThe last sound is silenceThe last color is clearThe last possession is emptinessThe last destination is here Read more

When I was a boy, my parents hung a painting called Girl With A Watering Can by Pierre Auguste Renoir in the room that would become my bedroom. It gave me one of those introductions to art that wash over us when we’re young then stay with us for the rest of our life. Renoir Read more

The worst thing about him is the low bar he sets. He is one of the people who thinks violence is a good way to settle a disagreement. In his case, because he is a coward, he wants other people to do his violence for him. He wants to watch it on TV. Read more