Author Archives: Ed Kowalski

America has gone over to the revolution. Looking back, the sweep of the capitulation becomes stark. First came the plea of atheists not to have their children forced to participate in prayers at school. Fair enough. Americans do not believe in compelling people to do as they disbelieve.Then followed the demand that no child beContinue reading “Courage as well as Cowardice is Contagious”

This week, we saw the media pick up on a story that is personal to me and one that I had previously written about. The Pastor of Manhattan’s St. Francis Xavier parish church gave a “racial justice” prayer that acknowledged and denounced so-called “white privilege” as the church’s streamed Mass panned to images of GeorgeContinue reading “JESUIT WISDOM?”

What is it about apologies? This editorial in today’s WSJ got me thinking about all the ways there are to say ‘I’m sorry’. It seems that public apologies fall into one of several predictable models: 1) “If I offended anyone, I’m sorry you were offended.” (Never good. It’s like saying “I feel bad that youContinue reading “It’s Hard to Say I’m Sorry”

Rush Limbaugh1951-2021 There has been and, I suspect, there will be a lot written and spoken about the passing of Rush Limbaugh. If the measure of greatness is taken by how anyone makes what they do appear effortless, then that’s a good starting point in describing Rush. 15 hours a week, talking about issues asContinue reading “Talent Returned to God”

We no longer communicate if communicating means defining anything. Nothing has a definition because everyone now invents their own definition for everything.The goal of communists and socialists is to destroy our ideals from the inside out. Redefining words is child’s play. They have moved beyond that. To take a word and assign it another definitionContinue reading “LET’S REDEFINE EVERYTHING”

I was walking in the woods. I ran into Thomas Jefferson. He was carrying a box, wrapped in a bow. “Which state is this?” he asked. New York, I said. What’s in the box, Thomas? “A present for the country. By my calculations, you are about to celebrate our 245th birthday.” Yep, thanks to yourContinue reading “Meeting Thomas Jefferson”

It’s a bitch getting old’, the guy in the Phlebotomy waiting room said to me as we were both waiting to get our blood drawn. I nodded and hoped that he saw my appreciation for his comments in my eyes as we were both masked. Turns out he, like me, have now added trips toContinue reading “I’ve never seen someone picked up by the testicles before…..”

When one of your friends tells you that they are ‘progressives’, have this outline ready: Progressivism is merely the current euphemism for centralized power vested in a class of people who believe their own propaganda, or know it is a lie but tell it anyway. It is not enough merely to note that it hasContinue reading “IT’S OK……THEY’RE ‘PROGRESSIVES’”

Gone are the days when there were only two genders, male and female. Now there are 31 — at least there are in New York City, where it is illegal to discriminate against anyone on account of their sex — male, female or “something else entirely.” According to the Washington Free Beacon, New York CityContinue reading “BOYS WILL BE BOYS AND GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS…….SORT OF”

Hemingway didn’t know he was Ernest Hemingway when he was a young man. Faulkner didn’t know he was William Faulkner. But they had to take the first step. They had to call themselves writers. That is the first revolutionary act a writer has to make. It takes courage. But it’s necessary.”— Pat Conroy, My LosingContinue reading “WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE?”

I’m an old father now. I own lots of memories. I polish the sweet ones and never dust the ones that hurt. I mind time now. I didn’t used to. In fact, like lots of you, I was reckless with time. Not any longer. When I was a boy of about 9 or so, IContinue reading “Time,Time, Time, see what’s become of me …….”

January 6th marks the 100th birthday of my uncle John. 100! He went to Heaven in 1976 when he was just 55. I’ve blogged a lot about John. A fellow Son of Xavier, an uncle to my 17 cousins, a presence that held our family together.As those of you who read my blogs know, IContinue reading “100”