Solstice, at last (06/26/08)
The tempestuous springtime brought us anything but joy this year. I believe there were more tornadoes, fire and flood than we have ever witnessed in any year past. Property and crop damage, illness and death from seemingly wanton so-called "acts of God" brought headlines of gloom and tableaux of devastation in all parts of our country. ...

Eulogy (06/18/08)
He once declared he had "won life's lottery" when he had achieved the pinnacle of his generation in bringing practical journalism to the people he loved. He had been born in Buffalo, of laboring parents who adhered to the strict Catholic faith one still finds among the American Irish...

The five-feet, seven-inch giant (06/11/08)
He never finished High School, but his brilliant mind captured the meanings in the Gospels, and he learned to express these truths down into his middle and later years. He was a man of many talents who became a self-taught master craftsman who did magic with his hand, brain, and sheet metal. ...

Legacy in Tatters (05/21/08)
Weighted down with a 72 percent disapproval rating from the American people, President Bush tries to establish something that might represent the "Bush legacy." During these waning months of his term in office he has made akward and likely futile tries to settle some of the chaos his administration has wreaked upon the people of Israel and the mid-east Muslim states. ...

"It ain't over 'til it's over" (05/14/08)
The quote attributed to the great New York Yankee catcher Yogi Berra may have had its origin in a question directed to him with a tie score in late innings: "when will it be over, Yogi?" A similar situation is taking place today and on until the presidential primary season is finally and mathematically finished. ...