The Burden of Personal Responsibility
Here is my take. Crimes should be about a human being harming another human being against the latter’s will (this includes property crimes).
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Wednesday’s Child: The Young, the Cheap, and the Frugal
Hopper was very frank in his pronouncements, and one of the truths he imparted was that Clint Eastwood fled California and made for Italy in the 1960’s to escape persecution, ostracism, and unemployment.
Podcast: The American Way of Murder
Presidential assassinations and assassination attempts are an indication of deeply flawed political morality.
Wednesday’s Child: Girl Talk
The gentle reader is aware by now of my fascination with “true crime,” as it was called when Britain ruled the waves.
Pope Leo and a Particular Issue
It is a peculiar feature of our culture that those outside the Catholic Church often appear acutely aware of the Church’s negative prescriptions on sexuality, if not the positive message they serve. Yet such matters are rarely mentioned in sermons at mass, to which the Church hopes eventually to welcome those currently outside it.
It is a peculiar feature of our culture that those outside the Catholic Church often appear acutely aware of the Church’s negative prescriptions on sexuality, if not the positive message they serve. Yet such matters are rarely mentioned in sermons at mass, to which the Church hopes eventually to welcome those currently outside it.
Dunnage as Sackcloth
This essay on Operation Eagle Claw appeared two years ago on this website.
Recently more than in times past, the month of April triggers some ominous memories that have become more vivid somehow with distance in time. I had relegated my memories of the events of Operation Eagle Claw (OEC) to my mind’s recesses after leaving the First Ranger Battalion for Special Forces (SF) in August of 1980 following the ill-fated mission that past April.
Aerobic Imperative
Marrying up can be a challenge. Wife-driven home remodeling and construction projects provide me with a steady stream of practical how-to questions. She is always at it.
