Author Archives: Ed Kowalski

When I think back over my career, perhaps the strangest and most difficult 10 years I spent was the time that I was working at Electronic Data Systems (EDS). A big, fast paced company where your worth to the organization was measured everyday and if you were not producing or lucky enough to be pickedContinue reading “See you again, Greg”

San Francisco decriminalized public defecation, but criminalized plastic straws. While bench warrants for public urination are discarded, the straw fines are real and expensive. A California statewide bill goes further with a threat of six months in the county jail for giving a man a straw. When drugs are legal and straws aren’t, the MexicanContinue reading “I left my ________ in San Francisco”

One of the joys of parenthood is, simply, enjoying the passage of time. I’ve always been fortunate that I can talk about, almost anything with my daughter and, while I admit, I sometimes squirm when the topic of conversation is no longer toys or the Spice Girls or high school and becomes one of relationships,Continue reading “Dad’s Dating Advice (gulp!!)”

In his first public statement from prison, Bill Cosby said he will never have remorse for his crimes and called himself a political prisoner. “My political beliefs, my actions of trying to humanize all races, genders and religions landed me in this place surrounded by barb wire fencing, a room made of steel and iron,”Continue reading “Hey, Hey, Hey………..It’s Bill Cosby (Political Prisoner)”

Ash Wednesday Pelosi. This is the same woman who called the Trump administration hypocrites and urged “right thinking” Republicans to bring an end to what she called the “un-American activities that is being put forth by the President of the United States, by the Republicans in congress, and by this Attorney General”, specific to illegalContinue reading “Ashes to ashes….dust to dust”

Several weeks ago, the head of the NY Jesuit Province released the names of his fellow Jesuits who were credibly accused of the sexual abuse of minors over the past 50 years. Having been educated by the Jesuits myself, I wrote the NY Province. Here’s my letter: John Cecero SJ’s letter regarding the release the ofContinue reading “Sins of the Fathers”

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 “Progressive Smogressive”

With a little hint of Spring in the air today and seeing that the local bicycle shop in Pleasant Valley had their great inventory out for sale today, I wanted to repost this message that I wrote last May. Tonight, as I was making my way home, I saw a pure reminder of childhood. AsContinue reading “Is it Spring yet?”

While many if not most illegal aliens are decent people and are only illegally in the United States to provide for themselves or their families – an action that does not justify breaking the immigration laws of the United States – all of them are not decent and many are responsible for shocking crimes andContinue reading “The Danger of Open Borders”

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