Bloomberg: No Clergy, No FDNY -UPDATE

August 25, 2011 By

So, let me get this straight, just so we’re all on the same page, here. When two hijacked, terrorist-piloted passenger jets were deliberately flown into the Twin Towers, in an act of war against our nation, the first recorded casualty was a Roman Catholic priest and NYFD chaplain — Fr. Mychal Judge — who had [...]

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Wondering about Ameridolotry, Krugman, Absorption…

September 22, 2010 By

My plan to work, work, work, today is being interrupted by a family situation that needs attending-to (nothing awful, but important, nonetheless) so here’s some interesting stuff I meant to respond to or comment on. Now, you’ll have to do it! I’ve wondered several times over the past five years whether some Americans are allowing [...]

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Obama chooses Behar over Boy Scouts?

July 28, 2010 By

Eagle Scout son Buster, rappelling down cliff; part of 50 mile Trek The 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America is an occasion worth noting by an American president; the organization can count among its former members numerous Presidents, Astronauts, Military Leaders, Legislators, Churchmen, Public Servants, Businessmen, Environmentalists, First Responders and Entrepreneurs who, as [...]

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Happy 4th, or, umm…UPDATES

July 3, 2010 By

When I was in elementary school, the typical class had 52 students, with one nun in charge of getting information into our heads. The public schools had a better student-to-teacher ratio, but outside of religion the courses were the same, and they included a quaint little class called “civics.” Civics class taught you things like: [...]

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Immigration & the Storm Next Time

April 27, 2010 By

Chapel at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn Last week, I was in Brooklyn taping a few episodes of In the Arena, and one of the drivers, taking a route that brought us past The Green-Wood Cemetery, reminisced about Park Slope, where he had lived all his life. “We were working class, then. Our fathers were train conductors [...]

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Please help me thumb my nose at Obama!

March 23, 2010 By

The First Iconic Photo of the Obama Administration I have no idea how to establish any sort of foundation or charity fund-raising operation. I am very ignorant about most things, and intimidated by the idea of establishing anything. But I have been so angry, for so long, at Barack Obama and the Democrats for dismantling [...]

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Faith & Politics, Appetite & Desire

March 21, 2010 By

Today at Mass I was praying for all on my list, and also praying for the nation, the president, Speaker Pelosi and so forth. I thought to myself: “she strikes me as someone in whom everything has been burned away except political appetite.” But then I considered that the same statement can be true about [...]

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