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A Retired Nun Challenges My Manhood

Harry — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:35:01 +0000

Last Monday I received a telephone call from a retired nun who reads my articles every week. I’ve known this particular nun for over 20 years. Even though she’s “retired,” she works harder than most people who are half her age. She’s a very holy and humble woman who cares greatly about the Catholic Church and the current state of humanity.

She told me she had read last week’s article, A Punk Kid & The Student [...] Read More »

A Punk Kid & The Student Teacher

Harry — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:31:43 +0000

When I graduated from a Catholic grade school in 1971, I was determined to never look back. I got off to a bad start in first grade and every year after that got worse. I was more than ready to move on. I looked forward to starting high school with a blank slate and an entire new group of teachers who had never heard of me.

I was actually excited on the evening my dad drove [...] Read More »

iPads, iTunes & iHaters

Harry — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:47:13 +0000

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 girls like a magnet [...] Read More »

Does The Name Really Matter?

Harry — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:52:00 +0000

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.

That was not the case in college. I attended a public university from 1975 to 1979. At that time, steps had already been taken at [...] Read More »

A Change In Behavior To The Dark Side

Harry — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:36:08 +0000

I’ve only been to one high school reunion since graduating in May of 1975. I never had the desire to attend one until I received a letter in 1995 inviting me to the 20 year reunion. After I received the invitation, I tracked down my best friend from high school. He was living in Chicago at the time, was married, and had two children. Like me, he had not gone to any of the previous [...] Read More »

Say Hello To Your New “Friend”

Harry — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 23:30:14 +0000

In last week’s article, A Prowler In The House, I threw down the gauntlet and challenged fathers to start conducting surprise inspections of their son’s iPods, cell phones, computers, and other devices.*

After I wrote the article, I kept hearing the same imaginary questions being repeated over and over in my mind: “Yea, right Harry. How do you expect me to go up to my 16 or 17 year old son and tell him I’m going [...] Read More »

A Prowler In The House

Harry — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:46:13 +0000

About 10 years ago I stopped by another attorney’s office to talk to him about a case we were working on together. After we were finished discussing the case, I asked him how his two sons were doing. He responded by telling me that he had recently caught his 18 year old son viewing pornography on the internet. I asked him how he handled the situation and he said he told his son it was [...] Read More »

The Definition of Marriage

Harry — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:00:37 +0000

The 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, homosexual behavior; (2) it [...] Read More »

Mad Dirty Impure Men

Harry — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:30:58 +0000

For the past couple of month, articles have been popping up all over the place talking about the upcoming fourth season of the “award winning” television show, Mad Men. The show has won numerous awards for its “historical authenticity” and “visual style,” including four Golden Globes and nine Emmys.

I didn’t know this until recently, but apparently the marketing departments for shows like Mad Men customarily send out, in advance, DVDs of the first 4 episodes [...] Read More »

The Two Greatest Desires

Harry — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:46:13 +0000

We’ve covered The Idling Man and The Passion Bridge. The last critical lesson I believe every Catholic girl must be taught before she is allowed to go out on a date with a boy is: The Two Greatest Desires.

You may have heard of Fr. Clair Bourdereaux. He was a Franciscan priest who was assigned to Sacred Heart Church in downtown Peoria in 1976. He remained there for 19 years (until his death in January of [...] Read More »