A Retired Nun Challenges My Manhood

Saturday, February 4th, 2012
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… Read More

A Punk Kid & The Student Teacher

Saturday, January 28th, 2012
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

Rebellion & Ruination

Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Imagine you’re 20 years old and you recently had to drop out of college because you ran out of money.  Until a couple of months ago, your parents were providing you with financial assistance, but that ended when the company your dad was working for closed down and laid off all of its employees. You’re the “baby” of the family.  You have 2 older brothers and 2 older sisters.  One of your… Read More

A 30 Year Journey

Saturday, June 25th, 2011
Last week I flew to California with Georgette and my daughters to attend the wedding of someone who is very special to us.  As you may already know, Georgette and I have 7 children – Harry, Anna, Maria, Laura, Mary Rose, Christine, and Teresa.  The wedding was on Saturday, June 18.  The groom was my son, Harry, and his bride was Kathryn Neill. Harry was born 10 months… Read More

A Prowler In The House

Saturday, October 16th, 2010
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