Author: RMDell’Orfano
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The Beast Within
My father’s hand had steered me toward truth, but no strap could ward off what awaited me in adolescence. Now the enemy was not dishonesty—it was my body itself, turning strange, unpredictable, and frightening.
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The Mockery of Freedom
America has turned violence into a sacred ritual—worshiping war, guns, and destruction while calling it freedom. A haunting reflection on our national soul.
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Birth Rate Zero
From pesticides to plastic hormones, technological progress has poisoned its own promise. An 83-year-old witness reflects on how chemical corruption and moral decay now blur nature’s design—and what families can still do to resist.
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ISLAM: Five Times a Day
While Europe’s cathedrals echo with tourists, Islam’s five daily prayers fill its mosques with living faith—a quiet triumph of devotion over decline.
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The Lagoon,Leeches, and the Law
Two brothers defy a No Swimming sign, plunging into a hidden lagoon—and into a lesson about fear, folly, and the leeches that never let go.
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Our Cornered-Cat Generation
Antifa’s rage isn’t about ideology — it’s about alienation and inequality. Richard M. Dell’Orfano recalls his penniless pilgrimage and the inner revolution that heals it.
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Death and Deportation
Pope Leo XIV has declared that the deportation of illegal immigrants and the death penalty are inhuman.
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The Masquerade of Life
All the world’s a masquerade, where one man in his time plays many parts, and I had learned how to slip past its stopgates unnoticed.
THE TRIQUETRA OF LIFE: Wisdom, Wealth, and Wellness 