Monthly Archives: September 2024

Freaking Out Over Cat Memes

By | September 15, 2024

[September 15, 2024]  Okay, I never figured I’d be writing about Cat Memes during the run-up to the coming U.S. presidential election.  Besides, how could anyone stoop this low?  But there are plenty of crazy things going on in this election cycle that stand alone outside the established norms of normalcy. At a Democrat VP Tim Walz rally… Read More »

We Remember 9/11

By | September 11, 2024

[September 11, 2024]  We pledge to remember and honor those lost on September 11, 2001 – those killed in the unprovoked attacks on our soil by Islamic terrorists twenty-three years ago.  The wave of patriotic sentiment that emerged was unprecedented, and never before has anyone born after WWII experienced such an outpouring of goodwill from all Americans. However,… Read More »

Schuylkill Haven Borough Day

By | September 8, 2024

[September 8, 2024]  It was 36 years ago when a small group of friends gathered in the living room of one of the town’s citizens to discuss how to create something positive.  Since that time, each year, a one-day celebration occurs; they call it Schuylkill Haven Borough Day. In this small central Pennsylvania town, the annual event draws… Read More »

Disfigurement, Decency, and Grace

By | September 7, 2024

[September 7, 2024]   Beauty is more valuable than anything humans can possess.  And while that is true – I believe inherently true – disfigurement of the human form can give rise to other valuable traits: decency and grace.  Dostoevsky wrote in his book The Idiot that “Beauty will save the world.”  I will add that disfigurement can sustain… Read More »