I have written before about the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, and it doesn’t get easier. It was a shocking day. I…
All of us have habits. One of mine is to shop many times in a week rather than on one day. I know it sounds odd. I also tend to ignore shoppin…
It was shocking enough to hear that Sinead O’Connor had died, the iconoclastic writer who was, in the words of Galway troubadour, Jamie Mc Don…
I am not absolutely sure how I feel about the epic “Oppenheimer,” written and directed by Christopher Nolan about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the m…
“I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past.” — Woodrow Wilson
Born in 1946, John Banville is considered a master Irish novelist and won the prestigious Booker prize for his powerful novel about grief and …
Bob Dylan, now 82, continues to astonish us with not only his amazing body of work but his ability to continue composing memorable songs. “Rou…
Two years out of high school, I was traveling through France with a buddy, James R. Dean, when we got stranded in Toulouse, France. We were ou…
Writing a play is an art form that eventually, with a production, takes a collaborative effort. So many things have to work. That goes for wri…
We can start with the old cliché: The way to hell is paved with good intentions. I know there are many well-meaning citizens who think abortio…


