Rationality has surpassed reason as the rarest of commodities in this country. The once common ability of Americans to hold intelligent, fact-based, discussions of our differences has gone the way of cursive writing and fundamental education. Nothing exemplifies this phenomenon…

We all gather the same list during our lifetime. A list of family and friends who pass on before us. We do this until we join the list gathered by those who survive us. Not planning to die is the…

The Rev. Robert L. Marciano, from the pulpit of his church, has chosen to interject himself and the power of the church into the presidential campaign. Many of the Catholic faithful applaud this. His dire warning that one’s “immortal soul”…

Police Officers are often confronted with horrors and tragedy that can sap their humanity. To survive, they adopt a tough and calloused veneer. Yet, there are moments when they show us that most of them are truly caring and kind.…

Considering the Yoga Pants War (see link here) recently fought on the fashion-trend insensitive and dangerous streets of Barrington, Rhode Island, I will attempt to write a letter that offends no one*. Dear Editor,   (these lines intentionally left blank…

I have decided to vote for Donald Trump. This was not an easy decision. There are any number of reasons not to vote for him. But, in the interest of America being great again, the choice is clear. He embodies…

At his inaugural address, John F Kennedy said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country” I remember that. Those words inspired me and a generation. It would seem, since then,…

In the third and final debate, Trump handed America the single greatest reason not to vote for him. By refusing to say he would accept the results of the election, he goes against 240 years of American tradition. The one…

Today, as part of my daily quest to lend aid to my fellow man, I am reaching out to the scam artists of Burkina Faso, West Africa. It would seem I am a favorite of them as I receive several…

Two Boston Cops got shot the other day . Not one street protest about how their lives matter. Not one demand for stricter controls on the kind of person who shot them or the weapons he used. No crowds of…