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The Untamed Beast
A parable exposing the limits of bookish religion and the necessity of a lived obedience to Scripture.,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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That Part of Us Waiting to Be Born
A thoughtful reflection on the Immaculate Conception reinterpreted as a universal symbol of inner renewal, showing how anyone — believer or not — can discover the unbroken self within and allow new life to sprout beyond inherited fear and shame.
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The King Who Built Heaven
I realized that King Ludwig II of Bavaria lived a similar antagonistic pattern Christ faced
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A College Education: The Real Cost
When a Degree Still Made Sense In 1963, my engineering degree from a small private college in New England cost about $2,000 a year — tuition, room, board, and books included. A four-year degree ran roughly $8,000. My first job paid almost the same amount. A year of work absorbed the full cost of a…
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Plato’s Cave Shadows
In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, the shadows on the wall represent illusions and the false reality that people perceive as truth.
THE TRIQUETRA OF LIFE: Wisdom, Wealth, and Wellness 