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• Writing About Unartful Discourse in the World

  October 5, 2009

  • I caught myself the other day on a rant.  Now, those who read my weekly columns on politics might think all of my writing is rather rant-ish, but I I've really made a concerted effort of late to avoid the poisoned penning of political prose (I like alliteration).  I look for the take-a-way, the lesson we're supposed to learn, from what I've just read or heard.  I try to find the humor in ...
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• The Boat Becalmed

  August 29, 2009

  • I grew up on Cape Cod, not far from Hyannisport.  My family used to boat in the same waters as the Kennedy family, and occasionally picnicked on the same spit of sand in Lewis Bay.  They were parishioners at St. Francis Xavier, in Hyannis, and we at St. Pius X, in South Yarmouth - the next parish over.  Our surname was Irish, too, and our ancestors were from Co. Donegal and Co. Waterford.There ...
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• Religious Stuff

  August 25, 2009

  • What's your notion of God?  Of a supreme being?  The force behind the creation of all things?  Do you see beyond Michaelangelo's notion of the white-bearded, grandfatherly fellow who watches over all things, or do you simply buy into Our Father?, who art in heaven?  Here's a little exercise to help with these questions.  Everybody choose:  1.  The creator who did it all in an instant (or ...
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• What's So Wrong with Death Panels, Anyway?

  August 19, 2009

  • Really, now, what’s so wrong with a death panel?  Everyone’s getting all exercised about it, and really, now, a death panel?   Why not?  Think about it.  Notwithstanding the fact some believe all we have to do is print more money and flood the marketplace with worthless dollar bills, there really is a limit to currency  - - the measure of faith and trust we have in our government to ...
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• Where Do We Look for Heroes?

  August 17, 2009

  • Strange notion, this whole hero thing.  We say there are none in the world anymore, and we point to those in the past who were considered to be one.  We wax solemnly and in reverent tones of those we viewed as heroes, those whose exploits and achievements caught our eye and fed our hope of a better life and a better world.And yet, the truest notion of the concept we have is entirely internal, ...
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