Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Is There a Lifetime Movie in This?

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From last Sunday's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette comes a story of a multifaceted legal conflict, which has all the makings of a soap-opera-i...
Monday, September 24, 2007

No Gays in Iran, Prez Sez

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Here, courtesy of the Arizona Daily Star , are some excerpts from the remarks of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia Universi...
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Better Late Than Never

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City Councilor Dave Norris has announced his intention to vote against a proposed $300,000 appropriation to install so-called "anti-cri...
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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Marcia, Marcia , Marcia!

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Half a century ago, ad-man Stan Freberg caught heat from the censors for his send-up of radio and TV soap operas, with a novelty record call...

The Rest Is Silence?

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Marcel Marceau has died at age 84. I can't help but imagine that his last words must have been these: " _____________ "
Monday, September 17, 2007

Constitution Day 2007

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I was planning on saying something here to commemorate Constitution Day, since September 17 marks the anniversary of the end of the Constitu...
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George ♥ Rudy?

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Is the nomination of former federal judge Michael B. Mukasey to be the new U.S. Attorney General an implicit endorsement of the presidential...
Sunday, September 16, 2007

Dep't of Apologies: Canada Unit

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An interesting email apology was sent to its readers last week from Maclean's , Canada's pre-eminent news magazine: We regret that a...
Thursday, September 13, 2007

MUHS 150th Anniversary Mass

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While it has been nearly two months since the occasion, I have to say that "better late than never" applies in this case. On July ...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

'Forsan et Haec Olim Meminisse Juvabit"

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" Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit " -- so began former Virginia First Lady Roxane Gilmore as she reminisced about her old fr...
Sunday, September 09, 2007

Too Funny to Pass Up

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When I was much younger, I used to stay up late at night, bouncing from page to page in the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary or a young...
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Saturday, September 08, 2007

Lower East Side Story

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In an article published earlier this week, the Jewish Daily Forward notes the 50th anniversary of the opening of West Side Story on Broad...
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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Liberty Caged

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I came across this item on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol in Austin yesterday. The image is pregnant with unintentional symbolism. M...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Thomas N. Brennan, S.J.

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It is with sadness that I pass along the news of the death of one of my favorite teachers. During the recent Marquette University High Schoo...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Another Anniversary

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August was a big month for weddings in my family. A few days ago was my parents' 50th wedding anniversary. Today marks the 70th annivers...
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Friday, August 24, 2007

A Special Anniversary

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Were they still with us, today would be my parents' 50th wedding anniversary. Reproduced below (in two sections, scanned from a tabloid ...
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Sunday, August 12, 2007

US Airways Sucks

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Perhaps I should be bemused by the smidgen of irony attached to having read, earlier this evening, a Newsweek article about the newfound pr...
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Thursday, August 02, 2007

Return to Kwik-E-Mart

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After posting a few photographs and comments about my visit to the Kwik-E-Mart in Maryland last month, I was able to talk about it with Coy...
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Sunday, July 22, 2007

Preliminary MUHS Reunion Report

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There is far too much information to process and far too many photographs to sort through, but I thought I would post a few pictures today -...
Saturday, July 21, 2007

Front Page News

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The celebration by the Marquette University High School community of the institution's 150th anniversary made the front page of the Milw...