August 31, 2020. The media are aflutter with attempts to walk back additional information about Covid deaths. A good place to see the...

Creating economic and political freedom and justice Institutional or structural racism has been identified as the cause of significant...

August 31, 2020. Is Covid-19 having an impact on overall death/mortality rates in the United States? Maybe. And maybe not. Let's look at...

August 28, 2020. Don't expect these numbers to hold up. And please don't confuse wealth with income. Concerns about poverty stem from the...

Who would think that Biden would turn out to be such a incoherent president? Divisive politics in America, nurtured and exacerbated...

Where I swam competitively and to play golf -- not so competitively. Summers in the 1960's were remarkable in many aspects. The emergence...

Yesterday and today. Like Covid and climate 'change', an historical perspective is useful in understanding the relative change and --...

August 24, 2020. Recently, I heard report of a survey of Americans where they estimated that about 9% of the American population had...

August 19, 2020. This is a rant about the self-serving nature of university faculty, when it comes to creating a curriculum that best...

There are many reasons for me to give thanks to God. Getting out of Maryland is just one. When I started this blog in January 2019, at...

August 18, 2020. One of the joys of life after 65 – beyond retirement to a safe haven – includes the to me to read. Admittedly, I had...

August 14, 2020. Let's start with an excellent example of Covid lies exposed. Click and watch the video. As you watch, remember to stick...

August 11, 2020. Two days ago, I described my shift back to in-person Mass with Fr Carl at Holy Spirit parish, at their 'second' church,...

August 8, 2020. [NOTE: Not that long after this post, both Cuomo and DiBalsio were out of office, Cuomo quite unceremoniously. For those...

October 2020. Today Wisconsin recorded its 1,000,000th Covid test. There have been 57,000 positive tests (over 94% of the tests have been...

July 26, 2020. In these gloomy, seemingly desolate times, Fr Carl keeps our eyes on the positive. In 1958, my parents moved our family to...

July 26, 2020. Having written an entire manuscript and having received a miserly offer to publish same, I offer here some of my thoughts...

The fundamental question of our time: Improved life for all or equal outcomes for all? Can we create ethical equity by tearing others...

July 23, 2020. This pandemic is getting more tiresome and more divisive with each (groundhog) day. No one seems to have a clear handle on...

September 7, 2021. A few reflections on a career in higher education.