by Philip Farruggio | Jun 4, 2025 | Blog
In 1973 I was still a somewhat naive college senior ready to face the business world. My major had been in Speech and Theater, with a minor in Sociology. As the year was ending and the new one upon us, I was engaged to be married and needed to find secure employment....
by Philip Farruggio | Jun 4, 2025 | Blog
It was a hot, sunny Saturday afternoon in late May, 1970. I always went to the 5 PM Mass at St Edmunds Catholic Church to avoid the regular crowds. Once there I stood in my usual place, which was back by the exit door. This day there was this other guy standing right...
by Philip Farruggio | May 23, 2025 | Blog
We have someone running what they call ‘ Homeland Security’ ( or should we say ‘ Fatherland Security’?) who actually looks and acts like her counterparts from Germany circa 1940. This former Governor of South Dakota, with a population...
by Philip Farruggio | May 19, 2025 | Blog, Dissident Voice
In 1988 I was travelling from NYC to Arizona by plane one night. It was a long 5 hour flight, and we were on a jumbo jet. I was standing alongside this man, early 40s perhaps, who said he was an Israeli engineer. During our conversation, I asked about his feelings on...
by Philip Farruggio | May 10, 2025 | Blog
I’ve got a chip on my shoulder that’s bigger than my feet I can’t talk to people that I meet If I could see you now I’d try to make you sad somehow But I can’t, so I’ll cry instead Kudos to the Beatles for this passage from their...
