Red Rose Writing

I would have never guessed that my life-long beloved Pittsburgh NFL team (which I’ve followed since the 1975 playoffs and Super Bowl X) was actually the first in the league to have a cheerleading squad! But since we’re dealing with the team owned by the late Art Rooney, a practicing Catholic (he actually had a [...]

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Yes, it’s one of those intendedly “heartwarming” stories of how we in the 21st Century are making advances in how we celebrate the “holiday season”: the phenomenon of divorced parents coming back together just for the holiday celebration, along with all the kids: not only their own, but those of whom each “ex” has hooked [...]

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Deck the malls with bows of holly: fa la la la la, la la, la la! T’is the season to go shopping: fa la la la la, la la, la la! Merchants making off with all your dollars: fa la la, la la la, la la la … It’s enough to make me holler: FA [...]

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[Yes, nine days after the fact. My very ordinary retail job wipes me out totally at a day's end. And the "holiday" rush is yet to begin!] A few days ago, when I was first thinking of what I was going to say for a post-election commentary, I was just going to re-emphasize what I’d [...]

Continue Reading So now that Bush has won the election…

The Commemoration of All Souls does, alas, take a back seat this particular year to the U.S. Presidential elections even for myself: the souls in Purgatory always need our help, but days that could determine a civilization’s destiny don’t come all the time. Yet, for that, this elevation in our society of the exercise of [...]

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What follows are a few loosely-connected thoughts in epilogue to my election considerations posted last Oct. 19th…. * * * Forget about unemployment problems, or Social Security, or taxes. Never mind the atrocious network of propaganda mills posing as “educational institutions,” or the ticking time-bomb that is the U.S. health-care system. Don’t even sweat the [...]

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