THE TRIQUETRA OF LIFE: Wisdom, Wealth, and Wellness

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  • The Snake’s Head Doctrine…Update

    IUpdate (January 2026) I have added a brief update to an earlier essay, The Snake’s Head Doctrine, written in August 2025, which examined the vulnerability of regime leadership under conditions of hemispheric consolidation and identified Venezuela as a likely pressure point. The recent seizure of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces underscores the mechanism described there,…

  • Curve Chasing—No Guardrails

    In a hyper-sexualized culture racing without guardrails, a growing number of young people are choosing restraint. This essay explores why a “sexless” generation is emerging—not from fear or moralism, but from exhaustion, clarity, and self-preservation.

  • Breakthrough

    A memoir excerpt recounting a quiet turning point during psychiatric hospitalization, where truth was received without recoil and healing could begin.

  • Our Messy, Ugly America…UpDate

    A brief notice linking to an updated essay, Our Messy, Ugly America, reflecting recent reporting on rising exorcism requests and cultural breakdown.

  • The Untamed Beast

    A parable exposing the limits of bookish religion and the necessity of a lived obedience to Scripture.,

  • Why Families Can’t Afford Christmas

    Catholic reflection on why families can’t afford Christmas anymore—linking inflation, education costs, debt, and the forgotten humility of the manger.

  • THEN THE BELLS TOLLED

    A firsthand account of November 22, 1963—when JFK was assassinated, church bells tolled, snow kept falling, and a young man stepped unknowingly into a lifelong spiritual threshold.

  • Our City Crises: A Mechanical Failure

    A village parable reveals why New York’s crisis isn’t about greed or compassion—but a broken economic mechanism no one wants to inspect.

  • The Wrong Career

    Even back in 1963, sitting in that lecture hall, I had felt a similar confusion—and quietly recognized that I had entered the wrong room. I just didn’t yet know why.

  • Danger Zone

    College in the early 1960s was a collision of ideals and crude impulses, especially for a young man like me who carried a tender conscience into an era of loosening morals.