Make Peace — Not War Some wars — such as my citation of of Machiavelli/Livy below — are justified. I was a child of WW2 and only regretted that I was too young to join it. What one notices is that we tend to abuse these days those who can not defend themselves — in [...]

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I am not a University Professor teaching courses on morals and ethics, I am a journalist, but my more than half a century of following the highways and byways of life have taught me the difference between good and bad. When I encounter injustice of any nature I react. My weapons are not guns or [...]

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Ash Wednesday in Gray’s Ferry was always one of those days that loudly celebrated our Catholic heritage at Saint Gabriel Parish. Of course the day usually began with the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHMs or Mighty Macs for short) taking their student charges into the church for the imposition of ashes. [...]

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In her New York Times article, “Web of Popularity Achieved by Bullying,” Tara Parker-Pope describes increased bullying used by social climbers trying to become popular.  As they near the top, these climbers increase harassment, bullying and abuse, especially cyber bullying, in order to increase their popularity by crushing those slightly above and below them.  The [...]

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Back when man was scraping his knuckles on the ground security cameras were the size of mail boxes and were only affordable to businesses. Banks, retail and convenience stores were the primary consumers of “Closed Circuit TV”. Today security cameras are as small as a dime and some don’t cost much more. Everyone is installing [...]

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