Monthly Archives: November 2011
Say it Ain’t so Joe… Joe Paterno Fired in Heinous Sexual Abuse Scandal involving Coach Jerry Sandusky
Joe Paterno (Getty Images) “Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won’t taste good” “I am absolutely devastated by the developments in this case, I grieve for the children and their families, and … Continue reading
Filed under football, sports and life
Veterans Day Thoughts: The Few that Stand Guard over the Country
“When I was studying law, and Mr. Keefer here was writing his stories, and you, Willie, were tearing up the playing fields of dear old Princeton, who was standing guard over this fat, dumb, happy country of ours, eh? Not … Continue reading
Driving to the Music: Padre Steve’s Traveling Music Part One
I’m back in North Carolina after a quick trip home and despite a number of things that I want to write about just feel like I want to chill out tonight. I have been doing some reading of late, I … Continue reading
November 1918: The Month that Changed the World
November 1918 In November 1918 a world was ending and a new one beginning. The Great War which had begun in August 1914 following the assassination of the heir apparent to the Throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire wife on June … Continue reading
Sex Sells the News: The Cain Scandal and what is says about Us
“A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself.” Joseph Pulitzer “News is something somebody doesn’t want printed; all else is advertising.” William Randolph Hearst Well let’s see what’s going on in the … Continue reading
A Day for All Saints even those at the Mendoza Line
Mario Mendoza (above) and St Rita of Cassia the Patron Saint of Baseball Today is the Feast of All Saints. This is one of my favorite Feasts in the Liturgical year and one that is The feast is celebrated in … Continue reading
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