iPads, iTunes & iHaters

Saturday, October 15th, 2011
When I was a freshman in college, I shared an apartment with a student who was a junior at the same college I was attending.  His name was Dale. Dale and I were opposites in a lot of ways.  I was a more serious student than he was.  I majored in Accounting and he majored in Parks and Recreation. Dale was a tall, good looking, charming guy who liked playing around.  He attracted… Read More

The Tavern Owners Club

Saturday, October 1st, 2011
Did you know that at one time Peoria was known as the “Whiskey Capital” of Illinois?  According to a PeoriaMagazines.com article written by Jerry Klein, between 1837 and 1919, there were 24 breweries and 73 distilleries in Peoria.  In another publication, “A Brief History of Peoria,” published by C.A. Cockle in 1896, it was noted that out of all of the breweries in Peoria,… Read More

Does The Name Really Matter?

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
When I graduated from a public high school 36 years ago (1975), no one in high school talked openly about homosexuality.  There were some rumors about one of our teachers, but that was it.  If there were any students who were homosexual, nobody knew about it because it was never discussed.… Read More

American Exceptionalism

Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
Every July 4th we celebrate “Independence Day,” the anniversary of when our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776). The United States of America is the only nation in the history of mankind that formally declared at the time of its founding that its citizens would always be allowed to exercise their God-given rights to life,… Read More

The Definition of Marriage

Saturday, August 7th, 2010
three-get-marriedThe Pocket Catholic Dictionary defines “marriage” as follows:
As a natural institution, the lasting union of a man and a woman who agree to give and receive rights over each other for the performance of the act of generation and for the fostering of their mutual love. The state of marriage implies four chief conditions: (1) there must be a union of opposite sexes; it is therefore opposed to all forms of unnatural,… Read More