November 2021

There is a marvelous ten-dollar phrase from the psychological profession called “cognitive dissonance.” It refers to the discomfort people feel when some new information just received challenges a deeply held belief, and the reaction they have to that: they either have to dismiss or ignore the new information (sometimes easy to do) or adjust their […]

As we celebrate the solemn feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe today, we remember the saints, the ones who teach us to recognize Jesus as Our Lord and King. My father taught American history and had a special interest in the history of immigrants to our nation. I am generally not

When I was a kindergarten student at Cooke Elementary School in Detroit many years ago, we would always start the day with the Pledge of Allegiance. There was a flagpole mounted in a bracket on the wall in the corner of the room so that as soon as attendance was taken, all of us, teacher

Since I grew up in Michigan, when I went to college, I attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to take advantage of the in-state tuition rates. Even though that was a long time ago, I still remember the football Saturdays, taking the long trek down to the “Big House,” Michigan Stadium, by some