You must always keep in mind when thinking of the FBI is that a handful of members of Congress, including my Congressman William Keating, seeking to find out information on the Boston Marathon Terrorist Attack of April 15, 2013, had to go to Russia. The FBI refused to deal with them. In addition, when Congress…

Reading an old Economist (November 7th-13th 2009) I came across this statement: “To Russia’s once and possible future president, Vladimir Putin, the collapse of the Soviet Union – two years after the fall of the Berlin Wall – was “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe” of the 2oth century.” I suggest that anyone but the most obtuse…

The time between Christmas and New Year’s is a time for reflection. A review of the past is always good as long as you recognize you don’t dwell there. Learn from it and move on. In truth, you can’t move forward without looking back. All you Greek scholars know that Socrates suggested the same thing…

Lately there have been stories about the skin color of Jesus.  I recall that my Catholic catechism lessons taught me that I was made in the image and likeness of God. All those paintings of Jesus at the time of his birth he is portrayed in the image and likeness of the artist who created…

Isn’t there as song about it being a long, long time from May to December? Seven months is not that long in some respects but in others it is quite long. Measuring whether it is long or short depends on the task at hand and the mindset of a person. If one is waiting for something…

Indicia of things to come that will bother my equilibrium are poking their heads up through the earth and new fallen snow. Here’s a statement I read in the paper on Thursday from the lawyer for Eldo Kim the Harvard student who wasn’t prepared to take an examination so he’s alleged to have sent a…